• Ammonia Refrigeration

Training

• OSHA Training Institute Course Catalog Search. OSHA. Allows you to search for available courses that focus on working with reactive chemicals.
• Construction Industry Safety and Health Outreach Program. OSHA, (1996, May). Contains a process safety management section in Subpart D, Occupational Health and Environmental Controls.
  • Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (1926.64). Summarizes the OSHA final PSM standard.
• Education and Training. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Lists several courses on plant design, operations, and process safety.
• Continuing Education. Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, (2003). Also available as a 521 KB PDF, 26 pages. Offers a variety of process safety courses, which are also offered on-site and can be tailored to specific needs. Courses include reactive hazards identification, experimental and theoretical assessment methods, and hazards management.

Other Resources

• Process Safety Incident Database (PSID). American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS). Provides participants access to the database and giving each the benefit of the collected experiences. The CCPS facilitated the development of the PSID to collect and share incident information and experiences.
• Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS). American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Brings together manufacturers, insurers, government, academia, and expert consultants to lead the way in improving manufacturing process safety. Conferences, courses, and publications on process safety are available. The CCPS published the following articles regarding chemical reactivity hazards in its Process Safety Beacon newsletter:
  • Reactive Chemistry: Note Always When or Where You Want It. (2003, January), 182 KB PDF, 1 page.
  • Simply Mixing Chemicals Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, (2003, August), 165 KB PDF, 1 page.
  • Bhopal: A Tragic Event, (2004, December), 181 KB PDF, 1 page.
  • Tower Top Rockets Off, (2005, March), 105 KB PDF, 1 page.
  • Toxic Reaction in Sewer is Fatal, (2005, August), 169 KB PDF, 1 page.
  • Time Sensitive Chemicals -- And Sharing Lessons, (2006, January), 128 KB PDF, 1 page.
  • Do You Have Storage Pallets That Look Like This? (2006, July), 520 KB PDF, 1 page.
• Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Protection Office (CEPPO). Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Provides national leadership, issuing regulations, developing technical guidance and assists Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) and State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs) to develop their own unique emergency planning systems.
• Committee E27 on Hazard Potential of Chemicals. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Develops test methods and standards related to the potential of chemicals to produce hazards such as ignition and energy release.
• Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS). American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Works to reduce the frequency, severity and consequences of pressure producing accidents, and to develop new techniques which will improve the design of emergency relief systems. This user group consists of 160 companies.
• Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). An independent federal agency established to promote the prevention of major chemical accidents at fixed facilities. It produces accident and hazard investigation reports, conducts research, and advises industry, labor, and government.
• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Form. OSHA, (1985, September). May be used to comply with OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200.