Introduction to Functional Safety and Safety Integrity Level (SIL)

UPDATE: The upcoming next batch is on 6th Feb 2012 in Mumbai, at Hotel Kohinoor Continental. Contact Abhisam Software to enroll. Mumbai, Sep 01, 2011– Abhisam Software informs us that they have arranged an introductory course in Functional Safety on 26th Sep 2011 in Mumbai at Hotel Kohinoor Continental, Andheri near the airport. The course … Read more

HAZOP Training course

June 07, 2011 – Abhisam Software has informed that their much awaited training course on HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study) is now released and can be downloaded from the Abhisam Software website. As all of us are aware, HAZOP is the most widely accepted and popular risk assessment technique all over the world. Many governmental … Read more

Hazards of hot work-CSB issues safety bulletin

This blog has consistently pointed out that many people working in industry seem to be unaware about the dangers of doing any “hot” work in a plant without a “gas test”.  Despite several disasters that have been directly caused due to following this simple rule, nobody seems to have learnt lessons. The US Chemical Safety … Read more

Kleen Energy Power Plant Explosion-CSB deploys investigation team

Washington, DC, February 7, 2010 – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying a seven-person team to the site of a fatal explosion at the Kleen Energy Plant in Middletown, Connecticut. The team is expected on site midday on Monday, February 8. According to media reports, the explosion at approximately 11:30 a.m. resulted in … Read more

Indian Oil fire in Jaipur continues to burn-faulty operation blamed

Nov 1, 2009- Even after several days have passed, the fire that started in an Indianoil storage tank farm at Jaipur, India continues to burn with intermittent explosions also being reported. After many hours of futile efforts of firefighting, the authorities say that they will allow the fire to burn itself out. Several fatalities have … Read more