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Here is a list of publications and selected presentations with links or copies of preprints provided, if available.

Acknowledgements

I would like to sincerely thank all of my co-authors and collaborators over the years. Their contributions, insights, and dedication greatly enriched the work reflected in these publications and presentations. I am especially grateful to Bruce Vaughen, Jim Thompson, Seshu Dharmavaram, Eduardo Francisco, Scott Dean, and many others who helped make these efforts possible.

Featured Resource

Process Safety: Key Concepts and Practical Approaches
by James A. Klein and Bruce K. Vaughen

A practical guide offering key concepts and real-world approaches for building and maintaining effective process safety programs. View on Amazon

CEP Papers

  1. Implement an Operational Discipline Program to Improve Plant Process Safety, CEP, 2011
  2. The ChE as Sherlock Holmes: Investigating Process Incidents, CEP, 2016
  3. Develop a Program to Reduce Hazardous Loss of Containment Incidents, CEP, 2020
  4. Audit Process Safety for Compliance and Performance, CEP, 2022
  5. Making ISD a Vibrant Part of Corporate Risk Management, CEP, 2026

CEP Spotlight on Safety Columns

  1. Conservation of Energy, Mass… and Life?, CEP, Oct. 2021
  2. Questions to Ask About Process Safety Performance – Part 1, CEP, Mar. 2022
  3. Questions to Ask About Process Safety Performance – Part 2, CEP, Apr. 2022
  4. Don’t Rob the Pillars of Your Safety Programs, CEP, Jan. 2022
  5. Flocking Behaviors Can Help Improve Safety Effectiveness, CEP, July 2022
  6. Even Astronauts Make Mistakes, CEP, Dec. 2022

Chemical Engineering, Chemical Processing, Hydrocarbon Processing, Professional Safety

  1. Turn Up Process Safety Performance: Implementing an Effective Operational Discipline Program Can Help, Chemical Processing, Oct. 2019
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  2. Sustaining Effective Process Safety Programs in CPI Facilities, Chemical Engineering, Feb. 2020
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  3. Implement Effective Operational Discipline Programs to Improve Process Safety Performance – Part 1, Hydrocarbon Processing, Feb. 2021
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  4. Implement Effective Operational Discipline Programs to Improve Process Safety Performance – Part 2, Hydrocarbon Processing, Mar. 2021
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  5. Factors That Impact Safety Performance and How They Can Be Used to Achieve and Sustain Excellent Performance, Professional Safety, June 2021
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  6. Process Safety Management Audits Find Confusion Common, Chemical Processing, Oct. 2021
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  7. Process Safety Management Audits Point Up Operating Practice Deficiencies, Chemical Processing, Jan. 2022
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  8. PSM Audits Uncover Mechanical Integrity Issues, Chemical Processing, Apr. 2022
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  9. PSM Audits Unmask Myriad Mistakes, Chemical Processing, July 2022
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Process Safety Progress Preprints

  1. Emergency Relief Adequacy for Acrylic Polymerization Processes, Process Safety Progress, 1999
  2. Operational Discipline in the Workplace, Process Safety Progress, 2005
  3. Characterization and Safe Handling of Reactive Initiator Solutions, Process Safety Progress, 2006
  4. A Revised Model for Operational Discipline, Process Safety Progress, 2008
  5. Two Centuries of Process Safety at DuPont, Process Safety Progress, 2009
  6. Using Hazards Assessment to Prevent Loss of Containment, Process Safety Progress, 2010
  7. Improving Operational Discipline to Help Prevent Loss of Containment Incidents, Process Safety Progress, 2011
  8. Focus on Personal Operational Discipline to Get Work Done Right, Process Safety Progress, 2012
  9. Improving the Performance of Established PSM Programs, Process Safety Progress, 2012
  10. An Introduction to Assessing Process Hazards, Process Safety Progress, 2012
  11. How to be Effective in a Process Safety Role, Process Safety Progress, 2012
  12. Our Process Safety Journey Continues: Operational Discipline Today, Process Safety Progress, 2018
  13. Effectively Use Metrics as Part of Process Safety Feedback and Learning Systems to Monitor and Improve Performance, Process Safety Progress, 2022

University Process Safety Presentations

  • MIT, 2011
  • Ohio State University, 2011
  • Stanford, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • University of Arizona, 2010
  • University of Minnesota, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

Other Publications and Selected Presentations

  1. Inhibition of Free Radical Polymerizations, IUPAC Intern. Symp. on Free Radical Polymerization, Italy, 1987
  2. Computer-Aided Mixture Design with Specified Property Constraints, Comput. Chem. Eng.,1992
  3. Principles of Solvent Selection in Paint Formulations, Chapter 4, Surface Coatings: Science and Technology, S. Paul (Ed.), 1995
  4. Process Safety of Polymer Resin Manufacturing: A 20-Year Perspective, Loss Prevention Symposium, Antwerp, 1995
  5. Computer-Aided Product Design: Problem Formulations, Methodology, and Applications, Comput. Chem. Eng., 1996
  6. Safe Formulation and Manufacture of Acrylic Resins, International Conference on Process Safety Management, Orlando, 1996
  7. Use of Consequence Analysis in Process Hazards Analysis, Loss Prevention Symposium, Houston, 1997
  8. An International Team Approach for the Process Safety of Polymer Resin Manufacturing, ASSE Professional Development Conference, Seattle, 1998
  9. Development of Computer-Based Training Programs, ASSE Professional Development Conference, Baltimore, 1999
  10. How to be a Safety Star, ASSE Professional Development Conference, Denver, 2003
  11. Evaluating Operational Discipline in PSM Audits, Global Congress on Process Safety, New Orleans, 2008
  12. A Workshop for Evaluating and Improving Operational Discipline, Global Congress on Process Safety, New Orleans, 2008
  13. Two Centuries of PSM at DuPont, AIChE 100 National Meeting, Philadelphia, 2008
  14. Implementing an Effective Conduct of Operations and Operational Discipline Program, J. Loss Prevention, 2011
  15. Conservation of Life as a Unifying Theme for Process Safety in Chemical Engineering Education, Chemical Engineering Education, 2011
  16. Focus on Personal Operational Discipline to Get Work Done Right, CCPS Latin American Process Safety Conference, Buenos Aires, 2011
  17. Implementing Conservation of Life Across the Curriculum, Chemical Engineering Education, 2012
  18. What You Don’t Manage Will Leak: A Tribute to Trevor Kletz, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2012
  19. Inherently Safe Management of Technology Change, CCPS Latin American Process Safety Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2012
  20. Operational Discipline Training as part of an Efficient Process Safety Management Program, CCPS Latin American Process Safety Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2012
  21. Operational Discipline: Panacea for Performance?, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center Symposium, 2013
  22. Sustaining Effective Process Safety Programs, Purdue Process Safety Conference, 2021
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