Nov 6, 2017– On Sunday evening a big earthquake stuck parts of Oklahoma, including Cushing, where a large quantity of Crude Oil and other hydrocarbons are stored. However thankfully no damage has been reported from the various tank farms, although some buildings did suffer structural damage. For those of you who may not know, Cushing … Read more
June 24, 2016– A new cybersecurity vulnerability has been discovered regarding Rockwell Automation Allen Bradley Stratix industrial networking switches, as reported by the ICS-CERT website. This vulnerability could be exploited remotely and puts Control systems using these switches at risk, unless patched immediately with a Firmware update fix released now. According to Rockwell Automation, the … Read more
Jan 22, Washington, D.C.- The US Chemical Safety Board has published a draft investigation report, inviting comments from the public, regarding the August 2012 Chevron’s Richmond, California refinery pipeline rupture and resultant vapor cloud fire. Incident Summary: On August 6, 2012, the Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Refinery in Richmond, California (“the Chevron Richmond Refinery”) experienced a … Read more
LaPorte, TX– In a shocking allegation, a lawyer from Texas, apparently representing the family of one of the victims, has said that the DuPont facility at LaPorte, Texas, where a massive chemical leak of deadly chemical Methyl Mercaptan took place on 15th Nov 2014, did not provide proper working respirators to the workers in the … Read more
April 24, 2013 Miami FL– Todays informative post in the Industrial Plant Safety blog will give you an idea about Risk Assessment in industry, especially the process industry. The Process Industry covers a large range of industrial sectors such as Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Oil and Gas, Fertilizers, Pulp and Paper, Food & Beverages, Pharmaceutical manufacturing and … Read more
