Practical articles and resources focused on improving process safety performance.
Process Safety Performance
- Understanding Process Safety Performance Trajectories (May 2026) – Visual guide to how safety performance evolves over time.
- Sustaining Effective Process Safety Performance (April 2026) – Key factors and practical approaches for long-term success.
Related Publications
- Questions to Ask About Process Safety Performance – Part 1, CEP, 2022
- Questions to Ask About Process Safety Performance – Part 2, CEP, 2022
- Audit Process Safety for Compliance and Performance, CEP, 2022
- Factors That Impact Safety Performance and How They Can Be Used to Achieve and Sustain Excellent Performance, Professional Safety, 2021
- Sustaining Effective Process Safety Programs in CPI Facilities, Chemical Engineering, 2020
Safety Culture
- Avoiding Organizational Misbehaviors (April 2026) – Practical advice for process safety professionals.
- Effective Process Safety Professionals (How to Be a Safety Star at Work) (April 2026) – Behaviors that distinguish top performers.
Related Publications
- Flocking Behaviors Can Help Improve Safety Effectiveness, CEP, 2022
- Even Astronauts Make Mistakes, CEP, 2022
Effective Process Safety Systems
- Keep It In the Pipes – Preventing Loss of Containment (April 2026) – Core strategies to avoid hazardous releases.
- Adaptum aut pereo: Why Robust Management of Change is Essential (April 2026) – Managing change effectively.
- Process Safety Recommendations: Turning Insights into Lasting Change (April 2026) – Make sure recommendations are completed correctly.
Related Publications
- Don’t Rob the Pillars of Your Safety Programs, CEP, 2022
- Develop a Program to Reduce Hazardous Loss of Containment Incidents, CEP, 2020
- Sustaining Effective Process Safety Programs, Purdue Process Safety Conference, 2021
- Improving Operational Discipline to Help Prevent Loss of Containment Incidents, Process Safety Progress, 2011
- Using Hazards Assessment to Prevent Loss of Containment, Process Safety Progress, 2010
Operational Discipline
- Is Operational Discipline Your Greatest Opportunity for Improved Process Safety Performance (April 2026) – The foundation for excellent performance.
- Use Checklists to Strengthen Operational Discipline (April 2026) – Individual behaviors that drive safety success.
- Develop an OD Toolbox (May 2026) – Here’s a list of precursors and practical steps you can take to help improve OD.
Related Publications
- Implement Effective Operational Discipline Programs to Improve Process Safety Performance – Parts 1 and 2, Hydrocarbon Processing, 2021
- Turn Up Process Safety Performance: Implementing an Effective Operational Discipline Program Can Help, Chemical Processing, 2019
- Focus on Personal Operational Discipline to Get Work Done Right, Process Safety Progress, 2012
- Implement an Operational Discipline Program to Improve Plant Process Safety, CEP, 2011
- A Revised Model for Operational Discipline, Process Safety Progress, 2008
- Operational Discipline in the Workplace, Process Safety Progress, 2005
Risk Management
- Chemical Incompatibility Hazards (April 2026) – Preventing unexpected reactions.
Related Publications
- Making ISD a Vibrant Part of Corporate Risk Management, CEP, 2026
- An Introduction to Assessing Process Hazards, Process Safety Progress, 2012
Feedback Systems and Organizational Learning
- Why Incidents Repeat (May 2026) – Understanding systemic failures.
- Effectively Use Metrics as Part of Process Safety Feedback Systems (April 2026) – Monitoring and improving performance.
- The Process Safety Professional as Sherlock Holmes (April 2026) – Developing curiosity and investigative skills.
- Common Process Safety Audit Findings (5-Part Series) (April 2026) – Real findings from audits and how to address them.
Related Publications
- Effectively Use Metrics as Part of Process Safety Feedback and Learning Systems to Monitor and Improve Performance, Process Safety Progress, 2022
- Audit Process Safety for Compliance and Performance, CEP, 2022
- The ChE as Sherlock Holmes: Investigating Process Incidents, CEP, 2016
Emerging Topics
- AI in Process Safety (April 2026) – Current applications, benefits, and limitations.
Related Publications
- Conservation of Life as a Unifying Theme for Process Safety in Chemical Engineering Education, Chemical Engineering Education, 2011
General Topics
- My Favorite Process Safety Books (April 2026) – Some of my favorite books among the many available.
- Recent Process Safety Books (April 2026) – My favorite books are generally older, so here are some more recent books to check out.
Related Publications
- Two Centuries of Process Safety at DuPont, Process Safety Progress, 2009