Safety awareness: A chemical engineering imperative*

Davidson, Robert S.

doi:10.1002/aic.16099

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“…The temperatures and pressures in tailings operations are typically lower than in a refinery or upgrader [31] ; however, tailings are still considered to be a pressurized process. [22] Pipelines in tailings operations can also experience external pressure (internal low pressure/vacuum), which can also be a hazardous condition. [22] 2.2 | Bow tie analysis Bow tie (BT) analysis is a visual risk assessment tool that shows relationships between causes and consequences.…”

Section: Process Safety Management Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[22] Pipelines in tailings operations can also experience external pressure (internal low pressure/vacuum), which can also be a hazardous condition. [22] 2.2 | Bow tie analysis Bow tie (BT) analysis is a visual risk assessment tool that shows relationships between causes and consequences. [8,23] BT diagrams are useful and well known in the process safety world as well as risk management and risk analysis communities.…”

Section: Process Safety Management Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[ 22 ] Pipelines in tailings operations can also experience external pressure (internal low pressure/vacuum), which can also be a hazardous condition. [ 22 ]…”

Section: Proposed Process Safety Management Approaches For Oil Sands mentioning

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Combining safety approaches to bring hazards into focus: An oil sands tailings case study

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At least 50 hazardous occurrences associated with tailings facilities occurred in the Canadian mining industry between 2000-2014. Further investigation revealed a dearth of information on worker safety around tailings storage and transport facilities. Workers at oil sands tailings operations are exposed to hazardous scenarios, including loss of containment and line of fire. These are the similar scenarios that manifest in traditional process industries, with the notable differences between traditional process industries and tailings operations being the frequency of incidents, pressures, volumes, and temperatures. The presence of hazardous scenarios and lack of incident reviews illustrate the need for increased attention to be paid to worker safety at oil sand tailings operations as well as enhancements to current hazard identification tools. Process safety management tools such as bow tie diagrams can be applied to tailings operations to visually identify unwanted events (process and occupational health and safety related), potential threats, consequences, and controls used to prevent incidents from occurring. They also serve as a tool for continuous improvement and show any over-reliance on one type of control, such as administrative controls or personal protective equipment. This research combines safety approaches using the bow tie analysis of seven hazardous operational activities in the oil sands tailings operations as a case study. The impact of behavioural safety on the controls is also analyzed. This research facilitated the sharing of tailings safety best practices among oil sands operators and regional contractors.

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“…The following year, John Falconer from my department encouraged faculty to introduce active learning in their classrooms and presented anecdotes and data on improved student learning. More recently, Phil Wankat advocated for teaching professional skills, and Robert Davidson described the importance of safety awareness in chemical engineering for both students and practitioners . Previously, Arvind Varma and Ignacio Grossman described shifts in chemical engineering industry and research, and how they have led to evolving trends in chemical engineering education …”

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Improving the faculty‐student experience in chemical engineering

Davis

2020

AIChE Journal

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“…Tragically students have died due to the lack of accountability and enforcement such as Sheri Sanji's death at UCLA in 2008 ) and after a student's complaints were ignored at Beijing University in 2018 (Feng 2018). In response to these incidences, a number of organizations including the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) have addressed their concerns by creating programs directed at initiating and propagating cultures of safety as well as safety education (National Research Council 2014) (APLU Council on Research Task Force on Laboratory Safety 2016) (Davidson 2018) (ACS nd a) (Center for Chemical Process Safety nd). However, safety education is still mostly reliant on individual faculty members to initiate rather than a formal program for graduate students.…”

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Research Safety and Professional Development-A Graduate Course Focused on the Role of Safety in Laboratory Management

Lutz-Rechtin

2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Proceedings

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A graduate student laboratory-safety course has been developed that encompassed the essentials of safety combined with addressing safety management soft skills. The structure of the course incorporated lectures, guest speakers, student presentations, site visits, in-class discussions and problem-solving. The culmination of the course was a final project report that required the incorporation of topics and skills learned into a safety plan for their future profession. Reviews by the students were very positive and informative but indicated that a flipped-classroom, as well as a two-part course, maybe more impactful.

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Safety awareness: A chemical engineering imperative*

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Combining safety approaches to bring hazards into focus: An oil sands tailings case study

Combining safety approaches to bring hazards into focus: An oil sands tailings case study

Improving the faculty‐student experience in chemical engineering

Research Safety and Professional Development-A Graduate Course Focused on the Role of Safety in Laboratory Management

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