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History Safety Management: we have published a 30 minute video package that shows how safety management systems in the process and energy industries have developed during the course of the last 300 years. The YouTube video shown at the end of this page provides a short extract.

We have developed a set of process safety management standard examples that are used to illustrate some of the concepts and ideas developed in our publications. 

Example 1 - Facility Design

A process consists of four operating units and a utilities section. A schematic of the system is shown in Figure 1.

The material in this article is extracted from Chapter 1 of the 2^nd edition of the book Plant Design and Operations and in the ebook 52 Process Safety Moments.

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The content of this Article has been moved to Safety Moment #94: Fault Tree Analysis.

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This article provides guidance to do with the launching and retrieving of pipeline pigs (also known as scrapers or tools).

Pig Launching

Below is a schematic of a launcher.

Isolation Methods

Positive isolation methods are those which remain effective even if there is equipment failure or operator error. These techniques apply not only to vessels, piping and tanks but also to pneumatic and hydraulic equipment.

The sketch shows some of the various isolation techniques that can be used to protect workers in the process industries. The process containing toxic or flammable chemicals under pressure is on the left; the open system, where the workers are present, is on the right. The order is from the least to the most secure.

The material in this Article has been moved to The Principles of Process Safety Management.