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Kenneth Bloch (Senior HES Professional)

Rethinking Bhopal

A Definitive Guide to Investigating, Preventing, and Learning from Industrial Disasters

Kenneth Bloch (Senior HES Professional)

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Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
27 May 2016

Gas technology

Rethinking Bhopal: A Definitive Guide to Investigating, Preventing, and Learning from Industrial Disasters is the go-to source for anyone seeking to learn how to improve process safety management (PSM) through applying fundamental asset reliability and incident investigation concepts.

The seeds that unified PSM on a global scale were planted in Bhopal, India on December 3, 1984. Since then, considerable progress has been made to protect both workers and communities from catastrophic industrial failures. Industry acknowledges its responsibility to create value with accrued operating experience and that using information received from previous failures is a direct way to prevent future incidents. With this principle in mind, Bloch evaluates modern references related to the Bhopal Disaster, using recognized industrial asset reliability and incident investigation concepts.

The practice of objective incident investigation offers a compelling insight into specific decisions and actions that resulted in history’s worst industrial disaster. Recording a fully transparent sequence of events promotes a personal sense of accountability for anyone involved in the manufacturing industry. Lessons learned can be immediately implemented by those with direct PSM, management, engineering, and operating responsibilities. Case histories demonstrate how patterns observed in the timeline leading up to the Bhopal Disaster can be detected in modern incidents and by recognizing these patterns in present-day processes avoids counterproductive operating decisions and unprecedented destruction.

This text is instrumental in helping existing organizations re-evaluate their own exposures and risks, and would be a valuable read for any member of a process safety management team. Rethinking Bhopal: A Definitive Guide to Investigating, Preventing, and Learning from Industrial Disasters provides an expansion of knowledge and understanding for the novice in PSM while also providing depth and application considerations to challenge more experienced industry professionals. Note: All royalties from this book go to the Process Safety Heritage Trust Scholarship at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA.

By: Kenneth Bloch (Senior HES Professional)
Imprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 191mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.020kg
ISBN: 9780128037782
ISBN 10: 0128037784
Pages: 510
Publication Date: 27 May 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1: Process Reliability Chapter 1: Industrial Learning Processes Chapter 2: Equipment Reliability Principles Chapter 3: Incident Investigation Chapter 4: Role Statement Chapter 5: Spent Caustic Tank Explosion: A Case Study in Inherently Safer Design Part 2: Research and Development Chapter 6: Inventing Solutions Chapter 7: Product Manufacturing and Distribution Chapter 8: Process Selection Chapter 9: Industry Compliance Chapter 10: Production Commitments Part 3: Process Configuration Chapter 11: Licensing Chapter 12: Factory Construction Chapter 13: Process Hazard Awareness and Analysis Chapter 14: Commissioning Phase Chapter 15: Repeat Mechanical Seal Failures: A Case Study in Pump Reliability Improvement Part 4: Operations and Production Chapter 16: Management of Change Chapter 17: Process Isolation and Containment Chapter 18: Employee Participation Chapter 19: Compliance Audits Chapter 20: Process Optimization Chapter 21: Maintenance Failure Chapter 22: Human Error Part 5: Lessons Learned Chapter 23: Crude Unit Fire: A Case Study in Human Error Chapter 24: Reliability Commitment

Kenneth P. Bloch is a Senior HES Professional who specializes in petrochemical industry incident investigation and failure analysis. His experience includes thirty years of downstream service in maintenance, PSM, technical, and operations roles. He speaks regularly at AFPM, API, and AIChE process safety symposiums about experiences that help prevent recurring process safety failures throughout the manufacturing industry. Mr. Bloch graduated with honors from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas with an Environmental Science Degree in 1988. Relevant publications include:• The Bhopal Disaster: understanding the impact of unreliable machinery, Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine, June 2012, pp 73-76• Update your reliability performance to meet process safety expectations, Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine, June 2011, pp 45-53• Process safety management lessons learned from a petroleum refinery spent caustic tank explosion, Process Safety Progress, December 2010, pp 332-339

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A Definitive Guide to Investigating, Preventing, and Learning from Industrial Disasters

Kenneth Bloch (Senior HES Professional)

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