Process safety is about understanding hazards and risk, managing risk by providing the appropriate layers of protection to reduce the frequency and severity of incidents, and learning from incidents ...

Many workplace safety conversations focus on occupational safety—reducing slips, trips, falls, and other personal injuries. But in high-hazard operations, that’s only half the story. Process safety is ...

In these difficult times, we’ve made a number of our coronavirus articles free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. If you’re ...

The importance of implementing loss prevention and mitigation techniques that are specifically written for the chemical processing industry Implementing loss prevention and mitigation techniques that ...

Establishing procedures is as important to reducing hazards as it is to maintaining business operations on all levels. Procedures spell out the standards and conditions to be followed, and ...

Is it safer to work at or live near a chemical plant today than it was 20 years ago, before Bhopal? Maybe. "I can't say such an accident won't happen in the U.S., but it would be hard to occur," says ...

Can you please introduce yourself and tell us about your background in process safety testing? My name is John Weaver. I earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Penn State University many years ...

Purpose: Provide end-to-end HSE leadership on offshore drilling assets, ensuring safe systems of work, regulatory compliance, barrier integrity, and continuous risk reduction across drilling, well ...

Based on a presentation to the Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, Feb. 24-27, 2013, Norman, Okla. Review of certain oil and gas operations offers lessons on process safety to designers of gas ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Linda Seubert, a safety engineer for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command’s Directorate for Safety, said what she appreciates most about her job is variety ...

Annual bonus targets: Entry 5–8%, Mid 8–12%, Senior 10–20% (operator/EPC norms). Field uplift, travel/per diem, and site premiums may add 5–15% to cash in high-activity basins. Conversions used: \( ...