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Provides guidelines on development and documentation of hazard and safety programs for the chemical process industries. Characterization of the facility; Identification of potential hazards; Impact of the potential accident events on business functions.

Analyzes a history of accidents in the chemical industry in terms of frequencies, initial causes and responsibility. Detection and investigation of actual and potential incidents; Frequencies of process and process fluid incidents; Incident frequencies by source of ignition and involved equipment; Primary causes of incidents. INSET: VALIDITY OF DATABASE..

The article describes the process of a U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) investigation following an industrial chemical accident. The CSB determines the key process safety management cause of the accident and evaluates the emergency response. Other steps include reporting, an on-site inspection with chemistry and safety experts, and recommendations for safety regulations or fines. It is suggested that cooperation and transparency with the CSB can help a chemical plant avoid tort trials.

The article focuses on the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), a federal agency that is charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. Topics discussed include the investigative reports and videos of the CSB, the decision of the U.S. government not to allot funding for the CSB in 2018, and the effect of accidents in the chemical process industries on CSB's budget.

Discusses how system improvements for the prediction and prevention of lightning strikes are reducing the impact of hits on facilities of chemical process industries (CPI). Satellite-based imaging; Dissipation techniques; Efforts to commercialize better ground-based lightning-prediction systems; Global Atmospherics Inc.'s integration of independent lightning detection networks. INSET: Think your plant is immune?.

The author considers combustible dust as a cause of serious and fatal accidents in the chemical process industries. Topics include a report issued by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) in January 2015 on the U.S. Ink plant flash fire, CSB's recommendation for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in its 2006 investigative report, and CSB's website on lessons learned from incident investigations in report and video format.

The author reflects on the possible implication of the U.S. President Barack Obama's administration for the chemical process industries (CPI). She notes that lawmakers tend to hear at least part of the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) clean-energy economic-recovery proposals as the House of Representatives released the Executive Summary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009. She considers science as the key undertone to policy discussions.