Safety and Loss Prevention
Hazards 21
Hazards 21, Process Safety and Environmental Protection in a Changing World, was held at The Weston Building, Manchester Conference Centre, University of Manchester on 10-12 November 2009.
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1. Prescription – a step on the road to dependence, or a cure for process safety ills?
P. Webb
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2. Governance of process safety within a global energy company
M. McBride and G. Collinson
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3. Achievements of the EC Network of Excellence HYSAFE
T. Jordan et al.
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4. 4 years on from Texas City
M. P. Broadrib and S. A. Flynn
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5. ICI's contribution to process safety
T. A. Kletz
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6. Common lessons learned from an analysis of multiple case histories
X. Yang, L. Dinh, D. Castellanos, C. Osorio, D. Ng and S. Mannan
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7. The Baker report – how findings have been used by Johnson Matthey to review their manufacturing operations
C. P. Lynas, E. Campbell and H. J. Koornhof
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8. Risks to process safety in a contracted out environment (contractors, consultants and corporate responsibility)
T. Ennis
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9. Process safety leadership, worker involvement, learning organisations and information flows
J. Wilday, M. Kumasaki, J. L. Saw and C. Sugden
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10. Explosion properties of nanopowders
P. Holbrow
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11. A software system to check designs automatically against process safety and best practice
J. McDonald, B. Rieley. J. Madden, J. de Brugha and P. W. H. Chung
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12. DART – the future of explosion protection technology
T. Klatt
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Paper 13. Nanotechnology: Results of a Survey of the Public Perception of Safety
John Wand and Ian McConvey
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Paper 14. Learning From Successes and Failures
Robin Turney
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Paper 15. Accelerating Learning Through Cross-Sector Peer Reviews
Gordon Sellers, Dave Mason and Keith Hemmings
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Paper 16. Learning From Process Safety Incidents
John A. Hare, Michael P. Johnson and Brian Fullam
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Paper 17. Learning Lessons from Accidents: An Industry View of the Opportunities and Difficulties
Ken Patterson
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Paper 18. Introduction to Session on Hazop: Putting Hazop in Context
T. A. Kletz
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Paper 19. Hazop Studies - A New Approach?
David Limb
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Paper 20. Common Problems and Recent Trends with Hazops
Alan Munn
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Paper 21. Improving the Performance and Consistency of Hazop Facilitation and Recording
Alfredo Verna, Silvia Fernandez and Geoff Stevens
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Paper 22. Is Hazop Worth All The Effort It Takes?
Steve Whitty and Tony Foord
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Paper 23. Reducing the Hazards Associated with Spray Drying from Laboratory through to Larger Scale Including Considerations for Outsourcing and Secondary Containment
Ian McConvey, Mark Hoyle and Oliver Nulty
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Paper 24. Repeated Accident Causes - Can We Learn?
Peter Waite
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Paper 25. Safety in Design of Thermal Fluid Heat Transfer Systems
Tony Ennis
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Paper 26. A Simple, Swift and Pragmatic Approach in the use of Small Scale Laboratory Tests to Define Safe Drying Conditions for Manufacturing Scale Pressure Filters
K. Anderson, D. Maude and S. Wagner
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Paper 27. The Effect of Reduced Oxygen Levels on the Electrostatic Ignition Sensitivity of Dusts
Graham Ackroyd, Mike Bailey and Robert Mullins
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Paper 28. Chemical Reaction Hazards - An Evolving Approach
D. J. Dale
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Paper 29. Ignition of Bulk Solid Materials by a Localised Hotspot
P. Caine, S. J. Puttick, J. Brindley, A. C. McIntosh and J. F. Griffiths
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Paper 30. OECD Guidance on Safety Performance Indicators - An International Approach to Assessing th Success of Industry, Public Authorities and Communities in Managing Major Accident Hazards
Kim Jennings and Mark Hailwood
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Paper 31. Developing KPIS that Drive Process Safety Improvement
Megan Brown
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Paper 32. Process Safety Performance Indicators - Experience Gained from Designing and Implementing a System of PSPI's for Different Chemical Manufacturing Operations
Christopher J. Beale
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Paper 33. Determining Process Safety Performance Indicators for Major Accident Hazards Using Site Process Hazard Information
Jo Fearnley and SreeRaj R. Nair
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Paper 34. Safety Performance Indicators in the Explosives Sector
Caroline Sugden, Nicola Healey, Kate Howard and Paul Rushton
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Paper 35. Assessing the Impact of Ageing Safety Critical Elements in Offshore Installations and How The Ageing Processes Impact the Role of SCES to Act as Barriers to Major Accidents
Keith Hart, Gerhard Ersdal, John Wintle, Sarah Smith, Prof. John Sharp, David Galbraith and Ed Terry
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Paper 36. Lessons from Re-Licensing Major Hazard Facilities in Victoria, Australia
Geoff Cooke
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Paper 37. Area Classification of Natural Gas Installations
R. C. Santon and M. J. Ivings
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Paper 38. Implementing EU Industrial Safety Legislation in Central and Eastern Europe
Pat Swords
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Paper 39. Cultural Hazards: Thoughts and Experience to Guide Integration of Corporate EHS Standards in China and Other Countries
Nicholas J. L. Gardener
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Paper 40. Hazards of High Flash Point Liquids in Relation to the Atex 137 Directive
Nigel Allen
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Paper 41. Occupied Buildings: Building On Our Past Improvements
Jackie Coates and Ken Patterson
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Paper 42. The Preparation of a Set of Process Safety Procedures for a Global Chemical Company
M. Brown
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Paper 43. SIL Determination and Problems with the Application of LOPA
Alan G. King
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Paper 44. A Tool to Estimate the Failure Rates of Cross-Country Pipelines
Glenn Pettitt and Bethan Morgan
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Paper 45. Application of LOPA and SIL Assessment to a New Comah Plant
Jerry Mullins
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Paper 46. New UK Pipeline Risk Assessment Codes - IGEM TD/2 AND PD
Dr. Jane V. Haswell, Graham D. Goodfellow, Neil W. Jackson and Prof. Rod McConnell
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47. Correcting the predictions by Baker-Strehlow-Tang (BST) model for the ground effect
Y. Xu, D. Worthington and A. Oke
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48. Towards large eddy simulation of LNG pool fires
Z. B. Chen, S. Dembele, J. X. Wen and V. H. Y. Tam
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49. Towards a computational fluid dynamics methodology for studies of large scale LNG releases
J. A. Melheim, M. Ichard and M. Pontiggia
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50. Flame arresters for plants handling acetylene and ethylene oxide
D. Long and T. Heidermann
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52. Mitigation of the lightning hazard for above ground hydrocarbon floating roof storage tanks
V. Edwards, A. Lyon and A. Bird
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53. Taking the control system for granted – ensuring the integrity of Sub-SIL instrumental functions
P. Lucas, J. Walkington and T. Atkinson
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54. Mist fires and explosions – an incident survey
R. C. Santon
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55. Development and evaluation of experimental calorimetric systems for the simulation of an external heat input on reactive chemicals and monomers
L. Vechot, L. Cusco, J. Hare and M. Bishopp
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56. What is the overall global life cycle cost of a project in terms of SHE?
F. K. Crawley
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57. A comparison of hazard and risks for carbon dioxide and natural gas pipelines
J. Wilday, A. McGillivray, P. Harper and M. Wardman
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58. Towards minimising hazards in hydrogen and fuel cell stationary applications: key findings of modelling and experimental work in the HYPER project
S. Brennan et al.
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59. CO2 pipeline systems: assessment of the risks and health & safety regulations
I. Chrysostomidis, T. A. W. Geyer, A. Smith, J. Fedorowick, M. Bohm, E. Beynon, C. T. Little and A. Lee
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60. Investigations into the effects of carbon dioxide and nitrogen on the flammability limits of gas mixtures
A. M. Thyer, J. Kay, S. E. Gant and S. Connolly
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61. CO2 pipelines material and safety considerations
M. Bilio, S. Brown, M. Fairweather and H. Mahgerefteh
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62. Looking across industries to improve human reliability data for quantitative risk analyses
R. Schneider
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63. A practical application of ‘human-hazop’ for critical procedures
G. R. Ellis and A. Holt
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64. A human factors approach to managing competency in handling process control disturbances
D. Embrey
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65. Development of a process safety climate tool
C. Butler, C. Lekka and C. Sugden
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66. Maintaining a strong safety culture in a development facility with rapid changeover and major accident potential
S. J. Harding, B. L. Fox, S. D. Whittingham and C. F. Blyth
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67. Equipping the next generation – risk management training
P. Ackroyd, S. Wisniewski, N. Eden, K. Williams and G. Gibson
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68. Retrospective hazard identification and assessment of ageing plant
M. McBride, C. Marsh, I. Herbert and C. Robinson
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69. A semantic approach for incident database development
R. Batres, Y. Shimada and T. Fuchino
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70. Comparison of the subsurface migration of LPG and natural gas
R. Bettis and J. Fletcher
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71. Recent developments in the use of societal risk assessment for land use planning for UK non-nuclear, on-shore major hazard installations
K. O'Donnell
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72. Interpretation of overpressure markers and directional indicators in full-scale deflagrations and detonations
G. Atkinson, L. Cusco, D. Painter and V. Tam
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73. Using predictive risk assessments to develop user-friendly tools for on- and off-site emergency planning
J. Fearnley and S. R. Nair
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74. Links in the chain – a new paradigm for thinking about safety
D. Irvine and G. Sibbick
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75. The human elements of a nuclear accident
K. Hemmings
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76. Process safety fundamentals training for first level leaders
U. Bruyere, M. Fox and C. Watson
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77. To err is human – a case study of error prevention in process isolations
R. Lardner and J. Maitland
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78. Safety culture; cornerstone of the nuclear safety case
R. Cullen
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79. Human error analysis at a refinery
J. Gould and S. Lovell
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80. Human failure in the assessment of major hazard risk: a case study for the human factors safety critical task analysis (HFSCTA) methodology
C. Hill, L. Butterworth and S. Murphy
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81. Delivery of a global control of work system
R. Morgan and M. Carter
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82. Safety in the oil and gas industries in Qatar
M. S. Mannan, T. Olewski and S. Waldram
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83. Implementing improvements in process safety in Corus
A. Ormond and M. de Klerk
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85. Managing fire and explosion hazards on offshore ageing installations
T. Holmes, S. Connolly, J. Wilday, J. Hare and P. Walsh
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86. Consideration of the effectiveness of the safety management system in QRA calculations
A. Acikalin
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87. Modelling the dispersion of spills in buildings
S. Puttick
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88. Two-phase jet releases and droplet dispersion: scaled and large-scale experiments, droplet size correlation development and model validation
H. W. M. Witlox, M. Harper, A. Oke, P. J. Bowen, P. Kay, D. Jamois and C. Proust
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89. Real time followup of leaks and dispersion accidents
S. Tripathi, L. Ait Hamou, M. LeGuellec and C. Souprayen
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90. Numerical study of large scale hydrogen explosions and detonation
V. C. Madhav Rao, A. Heidari, J. X. Wen and V. H. Y. Tam
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91. Leak frequency modelling for offshore QRA based on the hydrocarbon release database
A. Falck, B. Bain and L. K. Rødsætre
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92. A software model for assessing fatality risk from explosion hazards using the multi energy method and Baker Strehlow Tang approach
N. Cavanagh, Y. Xu and D. Worthington
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93. Quantifying the tolerability of potential ignition sources from uncertified mechanical equipment installed in hazardous areas
S. Sherwen
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94. A technical analysis of the Buncefield explosion and fire
M. S. Mannan
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95. ICL Plastics: the lessons from the tragedy
A. Tyldesley
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96. ICL Plastics investigation, Glasgow, May 200
S. J. Hawksworth, D. Pritchard, J. Hodges, R. Parrot, G. White and T. Mellor
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97. The management of risk – an evolutionary system that improves safety
John Bond
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98. Practical process safety management in chemical manufacturing
A. H. K. Fowler, I. Walker and R. Wall
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99. Chemical reaction hazards of distillation processes
G. Arthur, C. Williams and M. Luginbuehl
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100. Good safety’ – a cost to the business or a positive benefit to the bottom line...?
C. V. Lakin
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101. Safety feedback – the real thing
E. Doval and S. Kovacs
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102. Improving the understanding of process safety management
R. Turney and I. Thorpe
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103. Risk assessment for major hazards and project evaluation – assessing thermal risks in subsea production operations
P. Ellerton and C. Chauvet
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104. Risk management in the operations of a subsea pipeline
G. McIntosh
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105. The assessment of major accident risks in Tallinn (Estonia)
O. Paas, P. Tint and M. Jarvis
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106. Inherently safer design activities over the past decade
P. R. Amyotte, F. I. Khan and T. A. Kletz
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