Methods in Chemical Process Safety

Chapter One: Introduction F. Khan and S.J. Hashemi

• Abstract
• 1 Background
• 2 Overview of Process Safety
• 3 Methods in Chemical Process Safety

Chapter Two: Learning From the Experience H. Pike

• Abstract
• 1 Exxon Valdez (1989)
• 2 Esso Longford (1998)
• 3 Exxon et al. Blackbeard (2006)
• 4 BP Texas City 2005
• 5 BP et al. Macondo (2010)

Chapter Three: Elements of Process Safety Management P.R. Amyotte and C.S. Lupien

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Management Systems
• 3 Safety Management Systems
• 4 Process Safety Management
• 5 Process Safety Concepts in PSM
• 6 Concluding Remarks
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Four: Human Factors in the Chemical Process Industries K. Mearns

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Human Factors Definitions and Terminology
• 3 Performance Influencing Factors
• 4 Individual Factors
• 5 Job Factors
• 6 Organizational Factors
• 7 General Conclusion

Chapter Five: Introduction to Dynamic Risk Analyses W.D. Seider, A. Pariyani, U.G. Oktem, I. Moskowitz, J.E. Arbogast and M. Soroush

• Abstract
• 1 Introductory Concepts and Chapter Objectives
• 2 Dynamic Risk Analysis Using Alarm Data
• 3 Informed Prior Distributions
• 4 Summary

Chapter Six: Regulation of Chemical Process Safety: Current Approaches and Their Effectiveness D. Attwood

• Abstract
• 1 Glossary
• 2 Summary
• 3 Introduction
• 4 Overall Approaches: Prescriptive and Safety Case Regimes
• 5 Some SCEs Related to Process Safety
• 6 Some Examples of Regulatory Regimes
• 7 Some Historical Process Related Accidents: Could Effective Regulation Have Prevented Them?
• 8 Classification Societies: An Introduction and Their Role in Process Safety
• 9 Concluding Remarks