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Mission
Operating teams empowered and enabled to proactively manage their plants to maximize safety and minimize environmental impact while allowing the processes to be pushed to their optimal limits.
Definition
A detailed definition of what an abnormal situation is and how it relates to process operations.
Challenges
The challenges facing the industry in handling abnormal situations. These are described in the context of the anatomy of a catastrophic incident.
Sources
A discussion of the key sources or causes of abnormal situations, including people and work context factors, equipment factors, and process factors.
Impact
A discussion of the disruptive and financial impact of abnormal situations on the chemical processing industry.

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Agency: No alert system at Texas facility damaged by fire
Oct 30- A company that owns a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility which burned for days in March didn't have an alert system in place to warn of releases from its tanks, a federal agency investigating the blaze said Wednesday.
Ice plant to face penalty over accidental ammonia release
Oct 30- THE City Local Environment and Natural Reso Office (Clenro) and the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) will look into possible penalties that will be imposed on an ice plant in Barangay Puerto which accidentally released ammonia on Monday night.
Oil industry has ‘clear and robust’ plan for tackling leaks, OGUK says
Oct 30- The oil and gas industry has a “clear and robust” plan to tackle leaks in the UK North Sea, a sector trade body said today.
OSHA proposes $1.59M fine after deadly AB Silicones Waukegan plant explosion
Oct 26- The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fining a Chicago-area silicone factory $1.59 million for safety violations uncovered after an explosion at the plant that killed four workers.
Kuraray to pay $92 mil. in settlement over US plant fire
Oct 25- Japanese chemical maker Kuraray Co. said Thursday it has agreed to pay $92 million in a settlement with some of the plaintiffs in lawsuits over its subsidiary's Texas plant fire last year.

ASM Consortium Delivered Webinar on Human Reliability
The ASM Consortium delivered a CCPS webinar on "Managing Human Reliability: 25 years of the Abnormal Situation Management Study" on Aug 14, 2019. The webinar was well attended and well recieved by the attendees.
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The ASM Consortium plans to conduct a live Webinar on Managing Human Reliability on Aug 14, 2019
The ASM Consortiym will conduct a 60-minute webinar on Aug 14, 2PM eastern time, hosted by AIChE. The program will give an overview of the impact of human factors on operator performance and systematic safety based on the Abnormal Situation Management Consortium research. Join the live discussion on how to avoid the escalation of minor problems that could lead to larger incidents or production losses.
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Honeywell hosts the first quarterly review meeting of the ASM Consortium at their Houston Facility
The first QRM of 2016 was successfully concluded at Honeywell’s Houston office. The QRM attendees, who are the operating company members and Honeywell customers, discussed the year’s new research proposals and reviewed the progress of the ongoing research. The Quarterly Review Meetings are a platform for the ASM Consortium members to share the benefits gained from the ASM practices and products, and to discuss new challenges faced in plant operations.
The ASM Consortium Records More Than 1000 Incidents Globally In 2015
To create awareness about the serious nature of process safety incidents, the ASM Consortium continues to track and record incidents and accidents happening globally. In 2015, we recorded more than 1000 incidents on our website. The incidents list is not all inclusive but provides a comprehensive list of global incidents affecting process industries as reported in the media. The ASM Consortium has been archiving such incidents since 2008.
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The Canadian Standards Association group refers the ASM Consortium guidelines in their latest publication.
The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) group has come up with a Human Factors Guideline document specific to the pipeline industry, ‘Pipeline Human Factors Express Document’. The CSA group’s guideline document refers the ASM Consortium’s HMI guidelines document ‘Effective Console Operator HMI Design’. It also recommends referring the ASM Consortium’s guidelines ‘Effective Alarms management’ and ‘Effective procedural Practices’ for alarms and procedure management.
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The ASM Consortium has gone social on Twitter and LinkedIn
The ASM Consortium has now a Twitter account @asmcons. The Consortium also has created a company page on LinkedIn. Both the Tweeter and LinkedIn account will help in establishing ASM Consortium’s social media presence.
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Incidents

3 Workers Hurt in Explosion at Petrochemical Plant
Oct 30- Three people were injured in a blast Wednesday morning at a petrochemical plant in Ulsan, Korea, according to a report by The Korea Herald.
Socar worker killed, 3 injured in Caspian vessel blast
Oct 29- One worker has died and three more were injured in an explosion on board a fast craft working for Azerbaijan's state oil company Socar in the country's portion of the Caspian Sea on Tuesday.
Three die after cleaning biogas plant
Oct 29- Three people died after breathing poisonous gas while cleaning a Rubber Board-owned biogas plant at Pathapiriyam near Edavanna on Monday.
Fire breaks out Waupaca, no one hurt
Oct 29- Production is starting back up at Waupaca in Tell City after a fire. Sheriff Malone tells us it broke out late Tuesday afternoon.
Fire crews work to contain fire in west Wichita
Oct 29- Fire crews battled a fire at a home in west Wichita on Monday night. The incident happened around 7:20 p.m. at a house in the 700 block of North Custer Street, by Central and Zoo Boulevard.

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