COMBUSTIBLE DUST & CO-LOCATION DISASTERS — LESSONS IN ASSET INTEGRITY
The Incident: An industrial solids processing facility suffered a massive secondary dust explosion that destroyed two adjacent packing blocks. The […]
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DYNAMIC RISK AND THE 2025 COMPRESSOR OVERRIDE FATALITY
The Incident: During an operational push at a regional gas fractionation plant, an automated safety-instrumented system (SIS) continuously tripped a
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THE MODIFICATION TRAP — THE NEED FOR RIGOROUS MOC IN TECHNICAL HAZOP
The Context An operating team at an oil refinery noticed that a cooling water line feeding a highly exothermic reactor
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WHEN HAZOP MEETS QRA — FACILITY SITING AND THE OCCUPIED BUILDING TRAP
The Scenario: During a greenfield expansion project for a gas processing terminal, a qualitative HAZOP was conducted on a new
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CRYOGENIC STORAGE AND THE LIMITS OF QUALITATIVE SAFEGUARDS
The Scenario: An import facility features a large, double-walled Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage tank. During a HAZOP review of
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AMMONIA UNLOADING — RECKONING WITH OFF-SITE SOCIETAL RISK
The Scenario: A fertilizer plant utilizes an on-site rail tanker unloading station for anhydrous ammonia. Ammonia is highly toxic, with