RiskChem Blog
A collection of blog posts and articles our team found useful
The Cost of Human Error: How a Missing Solvent Led to a Catastrophic Reactor Explosion
June 29, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
A stark reminder of the critical importance of robust Process Safety Management (PSM) comes from a fatal accident at a…
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Mastering HAZOP: A Comprehensive Guide for the Indian Process Safety Landscape
June 29, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
In high-consequence industries like oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals, catastrophic failures rarely happen due to a single catastrophic…
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The State of Process Safety in India: What the Numbers Are Telling Us
June 29, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
India’s industrial economy is expanding fast — but the safety data tell a story that every plant owner, EHS head,…
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From Inspector Raj to Risk-Based Safety: What the New OSH Code Means for Indian Industry
June 29, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
For decades, Indian workplace safety regulation ran on a patchwork of 13 separate laws — the Factories Act, the Mines…
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Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Toxic Gas Releases
June 29, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
How RISCON Delivers Defensible QRA Outputs Dispersion modelling for toxic gas releases determines how far a hazardous cloud travels, at…
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Beyond Compliance: Practical Risk Identification for Indian Process Industries
June 29, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
Most conversations about industrial safety in India eventually arrive at the same uncomfortable fact: the country doesn’t have a shortage…
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Fatal incident with a pyrophoric liquid – TEAL
June 29, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on May 11, 2003, Employee #1 was transferring a waste liquid from a 5 ft portable…
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Fatal gas leak incident
June 29, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
Fatal gas leak at Pittsburgh-area power plant draws OSHA fines Here is a scannable, blog-ready summary of the incident based…
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THE NITRIC ACID EXCURSION — LOSS OF COOLING AND THE BOUNDARIES OF PHA
June 29, 2026 | by admin
The Incident: At a chemical manufacturing plant, a 5,000-gallon nitric acid storage vessel experienced a sudden loss of chilled utility…
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COMBUSTIBLE DUST & CO-LOCATION DISASTERS — LESSONS IN ASSET INTEGRITY
June 29, 2026 | by admin
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
June 29, 2026 | by admin
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
June 29, 2026 | by admin
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
June 29, 2026 | by admin
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
June 29, 2026 | by admin
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
June 29, 2026 | by admin
The Scenario: A fertilizer plant utilizes an on-site rail tanker unloading station for anhydrous ammonia. Ammonia is highly toxic, with…
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THE DANGER OF “SILENT” ALARMS IN DEGRADED MODES
June 22, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
Degraded alarms still require attention During a scheduled maintenance turnaround at a petrochemical facility, a critical level transmitter on a…
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NITROGEN PURGING AND THE BLIND TRUST IN “EMPTY” VESSELS
June 22, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
Incident A reactor vessel in a specialty chemical plant was shut down for internal inspection. Following standard operating procedures, the…
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THERMAL EXPANSION AND THE FORGOTTEN ISOLATION VALVE
June 22, 2026 | by Admin_Lovable
Incident: An outdoor long-distance transfer pipeline carrying liquid benzene was isolated at both ends via block valves for a weekend…
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