Can you please introduce yourself and tell us about your background in process safety testing? My name is John Weaver. I earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Penn State University many years ...

The memorial for the Bhopal Gas Disaster is situated near the site of the Union Carbide Corp. factory, which on Dec. 2, 1984, was the site of a massive release of toxic chemicals, including methyl ...

Is it safer to work at or live near a chemical plant today than it was 20 years ago, before Bhopal? Maybe. "I can't say such an accident won't happen in the U.S., but it would be hard to occur," says ...

When BASF Corp. started its Journey to Safety Excellence, the company already had a safety process that surpassed the industry average. Company management wanted to drive culture change and program ...

The introduction of process safety system–specific malware into the manufacturing world in 2017 intensified the discussion around the convergence of safety and cybersecurity. If a cyberattack could ...

ISA defines an alarm as an audible or visible means of indicating to the operator an equipment malfunction, process deviation, or abnormal condition requiring a timely response. A safety alarm is ...

This course on chemical and process safety is designed for development chemists who are active in the field of chemical process scale-up, offering essential knowledge to ensure safety in chemical ...