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Related Safety and Health Topics Pages
Training
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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.
- 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.
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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.
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Explore Our Emergency Management Programs. 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.
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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,
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CFR 1910.1200.
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