Selected Process Safety Sites
AIChE Health and Safety Division
http://www.aiche.org/DivisionsForums/ViewAll/SH.aspx
Organizes the annual Loss Prevention and Process Safety Symposium and
publishes the quarterly Process Safety Progress magazine, the Health and
Safety News and the Ammonia Proceedings. The website provides numerous
links to other relevant sites.
South Texas Section of AIChE
http://sts.aiche.org/
AIChE's largest
section. located in Houston, Texas, provides a monthly free Process Safety
Workshop.
Center for Chemical Process Safety
(CCPS)
www.aiche.org/ccps
Probably the largest one-stop source for Process Safety information and
tools. Mary Kay O'Connor
Institute for Process Safety
http://process-safety.tamu.edu
Part of Texas A&M
University, the Institute organizes an annual symposium on Process Safety,
offers courses and publications. Its web site has links to other
useful sites. U.S. Chemical Safety
Board
www.chemsafety.gov
The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with
investigating industrial chemical accidents. Headquartered in Washington,
DC, the agency's board members are appointed by the President and confirmed
by the Senate. The CSB conducts root cause investigations of chemical
accidents at fixed industrial facilities.
Videos of completed investigations are available at
www.safetyvideos.org .
DHS Chemical Facility
Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/laws
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released an interim final rule
that imposes comprehensive federal security regulations for high-risk
chemical facilities. This rule establishes
risk-based performance standards for the security of our nation’s
chemical facilities. It requires covered chemical facilities to prepare
Security Vulnerability Assessments (SVAs).
Design Center for Relief Systems
(DIERS)
www.aiche.org/diers
Provides software and continuing education for the design of relief systems.
EPA's Chemical Accident Prevention and Risk Management
Programs (CEPPO)
http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/index.htm
The part of EPA
dealing with the Risk Management Program (RMP). The regulation, as
well as some tools, are available through this site.
OSHA
www.osha.gov
The PSM Standard, 29 CFR 1910.119, can be found at
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=9760
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