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| AcuTech To Present A Paper And Sponsor The Texas A&M Mary Kay O Connor Process Safety Center Annual Symposium |
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AcuTech will present a
paper and be a sponsor of the annual symposium at the Texas A&M Conference October 26 - 27, 1999, at the George Bush Presidential Conference Center, in
College Station, Texas. This years theme is Beyond Regulatory Compliance, Making Safety Second Nature, and includes a number of leading presenters and
organizations in process safety.
As the industrys sophistication increases, so does the need to work and live safely with chemicals. This
is the primary goal of the Mary Kay OConnor Process Safety Center located at Texas A&M University.The Mary Kay OConnor Process Safety Center was
established in 1995 through the generosity of Houston businessman T. Michael OConnor. His vision and the mission of the Center are to improve safety in
the chemical process industry.
The Center conducts programs and research activities that enhance safety in the chemical process industries.
The Centers educational activities promote safety as second nature to everyone in the industry. In addition, the Center develops safer processes,
equipment, procedures and management strategies to minimize losses within the processing industry.
The paper Incorporating Inherently Safer
Design Practices into Process Hazard Analysis outlines the need for inherent process safety principles to be understood and used by a wider number of
practitioners for industry to achieve higher levels of process safety. For a copy of the paper and an agenda or registration form for the conference, click
here for www.acusafe.com and click on Talks & Conferences.
Abstract
Inherently safer design concepts are particularly useful for risk reduction and are highly recognized and recommended by safety
professionals as a first choice in process design practices. These concepts can be easily applied, particularly in the design phase of a process, and may
have very powerful benefits at relatively low cost. In the practice of engineering new or modified processes, however, these concepts are often not
incorporated in a structured manner. Without knowledge or insight of these concepts, engineers may be retaining unnecessary risk or employing less reliable
and more expensive alternatives to reducing risk.
Due to regulatory requirements to conduct Process Hazard Analyses, such as OSHAs Process
Safety Management standard (29 CFR 1910.119) and EPAs Risk Management Planning regulation (40 CFR Part 68), Process Hazard Analysis reviews are being
conducted more than ever. There is a requirement in these regulations to establish and maintain a baseline risk understanding by retroactively evaluating
existing processes and evaluating modifications and new processes. With all of this effort being expended, a major opportunity to improve process safety of
U.S. businesses may be lost if teams are not well informed and prepared for the job.
The paper will explore these issues, and recommend
ways to incorporate concepts into process hazard analysis. Key concepts of inherently safer design will be outlined. These methods can then be adopted by
industry as part of a Process Hazard Analysis, and can benefit them by reducing risk more effectively and easily. |
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