CASE-HISTORIES OF 2 INCIDENTS FOLLOWING PROCESS SAFETY REVIEWS

This article discusses two incidents, both of which occurrred after pr ocess safety reviews had taken place. Certain key recommendations were made for inherently safer operations, but the people in charge had de cided not to implement them. lit this connection it is important to no te the three P's of safety: Safety of People, Property, and Profits. S afety hazards in a process operation can involve any or all of these. The first incident involved safety of property and profits, i.e., sign ificant losses in both; the second primarily involved safety of profit s. Both incidents occurred well before the days of OSHA and EPA.