Management of Safety in Chemical Plants

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Evaluate the outcomes of case studies of industrial accidents (Breadth)

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• To be able to perform a detailed design of HSE systems based on process analysis and dynamics. (Depth)
• To critically evaluate and select control of hazard and control evaluation techniques applicable to different industrial processes. (Depth);

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Identify and describe the essential aspects of industrial safety management

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Draw on safety legislation and occupational safety literature to design a safe working practice (Depth)

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Employ standard hazard identification tools in the chemical industry (Depth) ;
• Classify the types of risks present in chemical plants and present strategies for the mitigation of such risks (Depth);

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT: Introduction to ISM – Background and importance of ISM – Elements of Industrial Safety - Regulatory frame work: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Process Safety Management (PSM) – PSM elements and its benefits – Safety Culture and Leadership – Safety Audit – Safety Training and Education – Safety Awards – Safety in design – Chemical plant with inherent safe design features – Safety inspection – Safety Maintenance - Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) - Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) - PPE and Engineering control – The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Case Study - Hazardous Materials Handling & Storage - Tianjin Explosions - Contractor Safety Management (CSM) – Principles of CSM - Safety Performance Metrics and Continuous Improvement – PDCA Cycle – Root Cause Analysis (RCA) – KAIZEN continuous improvement - Human Factors in Safety - Safety in Research and Development - Future Trends in Industrial Safety – Fire safety – Fire classes – Fire Emergency and Fire Prevention - Fire extinguishers - CHEMICAL PLANT SAFETY and PINCH TECHNOLOGY – Heat Exchanger Networking (HEN) - Safety relief valves (SRV) – Relief Systems – SRV activity on ASPEN HYSYS - Hazard identification and Risk Assessment techniques – HAZOP study - Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) - Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) – Risk Matrix – Failure rate – Probability – Reliability – Hazard identification and Risk assessment (HIRA) – Bow-tie model – Accident Prevention and Investigation – Management of Change (MOC) – Designing an MOC system – Implementation and Monitoring – Life Cycle assessment (LCA) - CASE STUDIES

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS: Concepts - Industrial and Occupational health hazards, Housekeeping, human factors and error, stress at work, Personnel protective equipment’s, Role of trade unions in Industrial safety and health. mental health.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching is by a combination of formal lectures augmented by problem solving sessions and computer practical labs

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.