Chemical Process Safety

Sanders recently retired from PPG Industries in Lake Charles, LA. Roy worked for PPG for 42 years and specialized in Process Safety fundamentals since 1974. He is associated with the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, and is a member of the editorial boards of both the AIChE’s Process Safety Progress and Putman’s Chemical Processing. He has taught brief process safety courses across the USA, as well as, Bahrain, Canada, India, the Netherlands Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.

1. Perspective, Perspective, Perspective 2. Good Intentions3. Focusing on Water and Steam: The Ever-Present and Sometimes Evil Twins 4. Major US Incidents in the 21st Century5. Two Higly Destructive 21st Century Vapor Cloud Explosion Incidents6. Preparation for Maintenance 7. Maintenance –Induced Accidents and Process Piping Problems 8. One-Minute Modifications: Small, Quick Changes in a Plant Can Create Bad Memories9. Accidents Involving Compressors, Hoses and Pumps10. Failure to Use Consult or Understand Specifications. 11. "Imagine If" Modifications and Practical Problem Solving12. The Role of Mechanical Integrity in Chemical Process Safety. 13. Effectively Managing Change within the Chemical Industry14. Investigating and Sharing near Misses and Unfortunate Accidents. 15. Keep a Sense of Vulnerability for Safety Sake16. A Strong Safety Culture is Essential17. Sources of Helpful Information for the Process Safety Practitioner