Incidents That Define Process Safety by CCPS - ISBN: 9780470122044
Hardcover
This CCPS book describes about 50 incidents, which have had a significant impact on the chemical industry as well as the basic elements of process safety. Each incident is presented in sufficient detail to gain an understanding of root causes for the event with a focus on lessons learned and the i…

Incidents That Define Process Safety

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  • Hardcover

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    20 March 2008

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Summary

Incidents That Define Process Safety describes approximately fifty incidents that have had a significant impact on the chemical and refining industries’ approaches to modern process safety. Events are described in detail so readers get a fundamental understanding of the root causes, the consequences, the lessons learned, and actions that can prevent a recurrence. There are exhaustive investigative reports about these events, allowing you to apply the resulting safety principles to their current operations.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780470122044
ISBN-10:0470122048
Author:CCPS
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:Wiley-AIChE
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:20 March 2008
Weight:703g
Dimensions:236mm x 158mm x 23mm
Series:CCPS Concept Books
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“This book is an excellent contribution to the safety literature. It is thorough, wide ranging and well written. It should be read by all engineers in the process engineers, not just the safety experts.” (Journal of Hazardous Materials, May 2008)

About The Author

CCPS

BP Process Safety Community of Practice has published a series of more than fifteen booklets on process safety applied to the oil and gas industry under the coordination of Frederic Gil, Process Safety & Fire Engineering Advisor for BP plc, in Sunbury, UK, and John Atherton, BP plc, retired.

Since 1985, the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has been the world leader in developing and disseminating information on process safety management and technology. CCPS, an industry technology alliance of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), has published more than eighty books in its process safety guidelines and process safety concepts series.

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