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August 2010 - Claims Journal Aug 26- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to Calumet Shreveport Lubricants & Waxes LLC in Shreveport, La., for 22 alleged serious violations and two alleged repeat violations of federal health and safety regulations. Penalties total $173,000.
Dorinda Folse, OSHA's area director in Baton Rouge, La., said it's not the first time the company has been flagged for jeopardizing employee safety August 2010 - Camps Solicitors Aug 25- Personal injury claim for worker after accident at work.A worker who was caught in the Buncefield oil plant explosion is seeking accident compensation. This comes after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) concluded last month and found five firms guilty of breaking health and safety regulations in relation to the accident.As a result, the companies – which included petrol firm Total – had to pay £9.5m in fines. August 2010 - Consumer Energy Alliance WASHINGTON, August 23, 2010—The American Petroleum Institute announced it would provide free online public access to a large group of key industry standards, including a broad range of safety standards. This expands the number of API standards that will be available for free. A smaller number are now available to the public for free on API’s website while others can be reviewed in person in government agency offices. |
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According to ARC Process Safety Worldwide Outlook – Market Analysis and forecast through 2014 -“Honeywell’s commitment to plant operational safety extends beyond the confines of traditional safety system boundaries. Honeywell continues its leadership in the Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) consortium. ASM related products and services include User Alert, Asset Manager, Alarm Configuration Manager, Alarm Management, Event Analyst, Operations Management Pro, and Early Event Detection to prevent incidents from occurring in the first place. Honeywell’s leadership position in process control for oil & gas, refining, and petrochemical industries allows them to leverage their safety systems sales in those areas”
The Smart Process Manufacturing (SPM) Initiative is getting more attention. See the article in Control Global from Walt Boyes on this topic. Members of the ASM Consortium participate on the Steering Committee of SPM and believe this is well aligned with much of the work we do. Of particular interest are the areas around safety, predictive modeling, training simulation, and the emphasis on the human element.
Available Now! Effective Procedural Practices The ASM Consortium Guidelines for Effective Procedural Practices (ISBN: 9781-452893877) are available for purchase at Createspace.com at the link below, or from Amazon. These guidelines can help improve the effective use of procedures, their maintenance, and deployment. These guidelines have many examples of good practices that will help meet regulations, mitigate problems, and drive operations performance.
ARC Advisory Group recently published a white paper on the complexities and interdependencies of abnormal situations in process industries. This white paper draws attention to the ASM consortium’s work in pioneering research to understand and develop best practices and guidelines, to prevent abnormal situations for the benefit of process industries. The paper also illustrates how consortium member companies like Conoco Phillips and Sasol have gained through participation with the ASM Consortium. ASM consortium Director, Peggy Hewitt attended the EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) annual meeting in the fall of 2009. She presented a comprehensive overview about the ASM® Consortium, its vision, activities, organization structure and commitment towards Abnormal Situation Management. Her presentation focuses on today’s Industry challenges in terms of improving Safety, Reliability, and Efficiency by applying ASM best practices.
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September 2010 - Associated Press Sept 3, NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An oil platform that burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday was the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed. September 2010 - Star Tribune Sept 1- A fire at the 74,000-barrel-a-day Marathon Refinery in St. Paul Park was extinguished Wednesday afternoon with no injuries reported, according to a company spokesman. |
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