Safety in the Process Industries

Ralph King

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780750610193
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483102184
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Industrial Design
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Safety in the Process Industries aims to ensure the safety of people involved in process plants, especially those who face its immediate hazards and dangers. The book is divided into four parts. Part I covers topics such as the history of process hazards and attitudes in health and safety; laws concerned with the health and safety in the process industry; and the definitions of different terms related to health and safety. Part II discusses the electrical, chemical, and physical hazards in the process industries, as well as the dangers of flammability and corrosion. Part III talks about hazard control design; protective instrumentation; and maintenance and inspection. Part IV tackles topics related to the management of health and safety in industry processes such as emergency planning; safety training; and protection the working environment. The text is recommended for people concerned in the management, development, planning, design, construction, operation, inspection and maintenance of process plants, as well as those who oversee its safety.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Safety in the Process Industries
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Errata
• Introduction
• Part I: Setting the stage
• Part II: Hazards - chemical, mechanical and physical
• Part III: Hazard control in design and maintenance
• Part IV: Management, production and related topics
• Appendix A: Process industries in the UK and numbers employed
• Appendix B: NFPA classification of hazardous materials1
• Appendix C: Material safety data sheets
• Appendix D: Vapour cloud explosions up to 1983
• Appendix E: Largest losses in the hydrocarbon/chemical industries 1958-1987
• Appendix F: Some details given in the CPL regulations1 and Approved List2
• Appendix G: Some details of the COSHH regulationsand Approved Codes of Practice
• Appendix H: Important Codes of Practice and British Standards1,2
• Appendix J: Questionnaire for designers to ensure safe maintainability
• Appendix K: Checklist to test the safety policy statement1
• Appendix L: Summary of incidents which have to be reported under RIDDOR1
• Appendix M: Sources of HS training and information (mainly UK)
• Appendix N: Standards (mainly British) relating to personal protective equipment and clothing1
• Appendix O: Factors to be considered in setting up industries and transferring technologies to tropical and sub-tropical regions
• Appendix P: Ergonomie and anthrometric factors to be considered in setting up industries and transferring technologies1
• List of abbreviations
• Index