In a typical large chemical manufacturing plant or facility, typically there may be hundreds of gas detectors and gas monitors that warn operators about lurking hazards related to leaking chemicals and vapors. These detectors are installed during the plant startup or possibly are added after a few incidents or as the result of HAZOP or … Read more
Continuing with our series on the US Chemical Safety Board accident investigation videos, we discuss today the most insidous and hidden hazards in the chemical processing industry-Static Electricity. Why is static electricity so hazardous in chemical plants? Simply because many inflammable liquids (like most solvents), tend to accumulate static charges on their surface, especially when … Read more
This post shows how easy it can be, to build-in safety into your plant, by using the right kind of gas detector. Continuing our “Case study” series, we show below how a simple gas detector, had it been installed, could have easily prevented a major industrial catastrophe. The video below show the US Chemical Safety … Read more
Welcome to this online magazine (blog) on Industrial Plant Safety ! Here, you will find a lot of useful information regarding industrial plant safety, that includes safety equipment, industrial safety systems, fire & gas systems, hazardous areas, intrinsic safety, explosion protection, safety instrumented systems and so on. In fact, everything under the sun that is … Read more
