Chemical Process Safety: Learning from Case Histories, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Roy E. Sanders (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 11, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0750670223 | ISBN-13: 978-0750670227 | Edition: 2

In this easy-to-understand book, the author, drawing on his many years of practical experience, addresses the problems experienced with management of change in chemical plants. He cites examples of the consequences of the insufficient review of changes implemented to solve one problem, which then create another.
Unwise chemical plant modifications are one of the major causes of chemical plant accidents and all proposed good ideas involving change require careful review and analysis before implementation. Illustrated with many case histories this book highlights the incidents of unforseen, undesirable consequences of unwise change within chemical and petrochemical plants and petroleum refineries.



Illustrated with many case histories, this book highlights the incidents of unforeseen, undesirable consequences of unwise change within chemical and petrochemical and petroleum refineries.

Provides a series of short, descriptive accidents

Supplemented with sketches and vivid photos

Offers practical sections on mechanical integrity, management of change, and incident investigation programs

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'...well written, easy to read, well illustrated and contains a wealth of valuable information.' - Chemical Engineering

Book Description

This book gives insight on eliminating specific classes of hazards, while providing real case histories with valuable messages. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (March 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750670223
• ISBN-13: 978-0750670227
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,030,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Leaning from the past, April 15, 2000

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This review is from: Chemical Process Safety: Learning from Case Histories, Second Edition (Hardcover)

The emphasis in this book is on accidents that have occurred as the result of the unforeseen effects of changes to chemical plants. The descriptions are well written, easy to read and bring out the essentials of each incident. Everyone who works in the process industries, from operator to operations director, should read the book. But what is read is soon forgotten. More will be remembered if the incidents are discussed at toolbox talks or safety meetings. Someone should ask if anything similar has happened locally, if it could happen and, if so, how we should prevent it? In an introductory Chapter Roy shows that the chemical industry has a good safety record, better than many industries that have fewer intrinsic hazards. Nevertheless, none of the incidents need have happened. There is something fundamentally wrong with our safety training. Its weakness, I think, is that it pays too much attention to principles, procedures, codes and standards and not enough to incidents. Accounts of incidents can grab our attention and stimulate us to look into the procedures and codes that will prevent them happening again. If we read only the theory and the codes we soon forget. Accident reports can demonstrate their importance and make us remember. We should start with accident reports, such as those in this book and draw the theory and codes out of them, not start with theories and codes.