Japanese Report on Fukushima Is Wake-Up Call for U.S. Regulators
The official report of the Japanese Parliament’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident Investigation Commission calls for sweeping reform. U.S. humanitarian and watchdog groups say “the U.S. has the same colluding system between industry, regulators and government.” Read More >>
Safely Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel, Part 4: Drilling
Drilling for oil is becoming more and more profitable, so for now, let’s ignore the future, when the sun will keep coming up but gas and oil will not, and look at how we can make the drilling process safer, starting how it can benefit from automation. Read More >>
You Can’t Sweep Dust Explosion Dangers Under the Rug
Many plants have dangerous dust conditions for some time before their luck runs out and an explosion occurs. Here’s how to recognize, assess and make a plan to mitigate any dust hazards in your facility. Read More >>
Don’t Cause More Harm than Good
One young engineer won a bonus for his suggestion, but no one anticipated the effect on the farmer’s crops downstream. Environmental and safety aspects are difficult to quantify – take the time to work through potentially harmful interrelationships. Read More >>
Reduce Hazardous Materials with Food-Grade Lubricants
The steadily increasing performance of food-grade lubricants makes them also interesting because, while many lubricants must be controlled as hazardous materials, H1 food-grade lubricants are not considered hazardous. Read More >>
EPA Targets Five Chemical Groups
The U.S. EPA recently proposed significant new use rules (SNUR) that would require companies to report all new uses of five groups of chemicals, including domestic and imported products and articles. Several of the SNURs are groundbreaking in their inclusion of processing as a significant new use and their inclusion of manufactured articles. Read More >>
Disposable Garment Recycling Initiative Adds Pilot Program for Gloves
Kimberly-Clark Professional and recycler TerraCycle are trialing a glove recycling program with biotech industry leader Life Technologies an addition to their six-month-old cleanroom and laboratory garment recycling initiative. Read More >>
Plants Expect Equipment Suppliers to Prevent Arc Flash
Factories still take the bulk of the responsibility of keeping workers safe from arc flash, but as standards tighten, more are beginning to push some of the burden back to machine builders and equipment suppliers. Read More >>
Common Pitfalls in Process Hazard Analysis
From over-complexity to maintenance and operations workloads, here’s a process engineer’s view of commonly overlooked concerns that can delay – or derail – even the most sensible and profitable changes to improve sustainability. Read More >>
Safely Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel, Part 3: Pipelines
U.S. gas transmission line accidents increased 72% from the 1990s to the 2000s, and are still rising. Here’s an overview of gas pipeline failure modes and how advances in inline inspection are helping detect and prevent leaks and service interruptions. Read More >>
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