| Description |
1 online resource (512) |
| Contents |
Part 1: Process Reliability Chapter 1: Industrial Learning Processes Chapter 2: Equipment Reliability Principles Chapter 3: Investigation Framework Chapter 4: Role Statement Chapter 5: Case Study -- Complexity Causes Problems Part 2: Project Management Chapter 6: Product Development Chapter 7: Establishing a Business Chapter 8: Process Selection Chapter 9: Local Manufacturing Aspirations Chapter 10: Regulatory Commitments Part 3: The Manufacturing Process Chapter 11: Scope Development Chapter 12: Reaction Unit (Phase 2) Chapter 13: Monomer Unit (Phase 3) Chapter 14: Commissioning Phase Chapter 15: Process Hazard Analysis Chapter 16: Case Study -- Repeat Failures Part 4: Process Containment Chapter 17: Management of Change Chapter 18: Warning Signals Chapter 19: Workaround Procedures Chapter 20: Compliance Audits Chapter 21: Process Optimization Chapter 22: A Business Fails Chapter 23: Catastrophic Process Release Chapter 24: Case Study -- Identifying the Source of Human Performance Failures Part 5: Lessons Learned Chapter 25: Process Reliability, Process Safety, and Industry Performance Chapter 26: Defining Your Process Safety Identity |
| Summary |
Rethinking Bhopal: A Definitive Guide to Investigating, Preventing, and Learning from Industrial Disasters is the go-to source for anyone seeking to learn how to improve process safety management (PSM) through applying fundamental asset reliability and incident investigation concepts. The seeds that unified PSM on a global scale were planted in Bhopal, India on December 3, 1984. Since then, considerable progress has been made to protect both workers and communities from catastrophic industrial failures. Industry acknowledges its responsibility to create value with accrued operating experience and that using information received from previous failures is a direct way to prevent future incidents. With this principle in mind, Bloch evaluates modern references related to the Bhopal Disaster, using recognized industrial asset reliability and incident investigation concepts. The practice of objective incident investigation offers a compelling insight into specific decisions and actions that resulted in history's worst industrial disaster. Recording a fully transparent sequence of events promotes a personal sense of accountability for anyone involved in the manufacturing industry. Lessons learned can be immediately implemented by those with direct PSM, management, engineering, and operating responsibilities. Case histories demonstrate how patterns observed in the timeline leading up to the Bhopal Disaster can be detected in modern incidents and by recognizing these patterns in present-day processes avoids counterproductive operating decisions and unprecedented destruction. This text is instrumental in helping existing organizations re-evaluate their own exposures and risks, and would be a valuable read for any member of a process safety management team. Rethinking Bhopal: A Definitive Guide to Investigating, Preventing, and Learning from Industrial Disasters provides an expansion of knowledge and understanding for the novice in PSM while also providing depth and application considerations to challenge more experienced industry professionals. Note: All royalties from this book go to the Process Safety Heritage Trust Scholarship at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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| Subject |
Industrial accidents -- Investigation.
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Industrial safety.
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Occupational Health
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occupational safety.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Industrial accidents -- Investigation
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Industrial safety
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
012803842X |
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9780128038420 |
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