Written on March 1, 2015 at 12:00 am, by Clyde Young
In this Tip of the Month, we reflect back to December 2008, and get a reminder from the United States Chemical Safety Board (CSB) to remain focused on process safety and accident prevention during this time of lower oil prices. During the economic downturn of 2008, oil prices dropped significantly. The latest drop in crudeContinue Reading
Written on August 1, 2014 at 12:00 am, by Clyde Young
The first pillar of Risk Based Process Safety Management is “Commitment to Process Safety.” A formalized mentoring system can ensure workforce involvement, compliance with company and regulatory requirements, increase the competency of personnel and enhance the process safety culture of the entire organization. Within this element there are several essential features that lead to aContinue Reading
Written on January 1, 2014 at 8:00 am, by Clyde Young
A pillar of Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS) is Learn from Experience. The work we do and the processes we use to analyze our work provide significant learning opportunities to enhance process safety competency. This is a derivative of Kolb’s experiential learning cycle [1], but many times we fail to take advantage of the learningContinue Reading
Written on February 1, 2013 at 6:30 am, by Clyde Young and Keith Hodges
What is Mentoring? In this Tip of the Month, we explore how process safety competency can be enhanced through mentoring programs. This TOTM is the paper that was developed by JMC Instructor/Consultants Clyde Young and Keith Hodges presentation at the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) 8th Global Conference on Process Safety in April, 2012. Continue Reading
Written on August 1, 2007 at 10:19 pm, by Ronn Williamson
The Tip of the Month for May raised awareness of the role of process safety management (PSM) in preventing accidents. You may be aware that OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 determines what constitutes a PSM regulated facility and other laws such as Section 304 of the Clean Air Act address PSM training for employees. These areContinue Reading
