1998

Keynote Session

“Making Safety Second Nature”
Trevor Kletz

TRACK I

TRACK II

TRACK III

Research/Education Programs and Their Impact on Process Safety

• “Applicability of the OECD Dictionary/Thesaurus on Risk Assessment of Chemical Accidents,” Dr. Lyse D. Helsing, USEPA, Dr. Irv Rosenthal and Dr. Al Ignatowski, University of Pennsylvania
• “Historical Perspective on Chemical Process Safety at Texas A&M Education, Research and Public Service,” Dr. Ron Darby, Texas A&M University
• “Summary of Process Safety-Related Research at the Michigan Technological University,” Dr. Dan Crowl, Michigan Tech University

Behavioral Safety & Human Factors Engineering

• “Behavioral Safety Implementation,” Terry Waldrop and John Zlenski, Montell, USA
• “Ergonomics Pilot Program for the Petrochemical Industry,” Bruce Cunningham, Union Carbide
• “Ergonomics with Respect to Employee Injury and Design for Maintenance,” Betty Phillips, Dow Chemical

Expert Systems & Information Management Systems

• “Intelligent Systems in Process Hazard Analysis of Complex Chemical Plants: Challenges and Emerging Trends,” Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Purdue University
• “Trends in Process Information Management,” William Bosler, Texas Consultants
• “Plant SafeTM - An Expert System for Emergency Planning and Response,” David Moore, AcuTech, Inc.

Accident Investigation

• “Accident Investigation Under the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board,” Phyllis Thompson
• “EPA Perspective on Lessons Learned from the Joint Accidents Investigations by OSHA and EPA,” R. Craig Mattheissen, USEPA
• “Use of Incident Investigation as a Program Assessment Tool,” Mike Marshall, OSHA

Inherently Safer Design

• “Impact of Basic Process Chemistry Issues on Process Safety,” Dennis Hendershot, Rohm & Haas
• “Inherent Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) Reviews.” Ray French, Donald Williams and Everett Wixom, Exxon Chemical
• “Safety Integrity Levels in Design,” Sankar Mahalingam

Chemical Sensitivity

• “Chlorine in Perspective,” Dr. C. D. Holland, Texas A&M University
• “Toxicological Issues in the Chemical Processing Industry,” Dr. Ben Thomas, Compliance Solutions, Inc.
• “Risk Assessment for Chemical Sensitivity Analysis,” Lisa Bendixen, Arthur D. Little, Inc.

Keynote Session

“EPA Perspective on Advances in Process Safety”
Jim Makris, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office, United States Environmental Protection Agency

TRACK I

TRACK II

TRACK III

Accident History Database

• “Proctor & Gamble Approach to Using Accident History Database,” John A. McIntosh, III and Sarah Taylor, Proctor & Gamble
• “Epidemiological Studies of Chemical Accidents Using EPA’s 5-year Accident Database,” Dr. Irv Rosenthal, Dr. Bob Lowe, and Dr. Paul Kleindorfer, University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Lyse D. Helsing, USEPA
• “Accident History Database: An Opportunity,” Dr. Sam Mannan, Texas A&M University

Design for Maintainability

• “Manifesting Design-Based Parameters into Post-Construction Inspection and Planning,” Doug Sharp, General Physics Corporation
• “Application of Risk-Based Design Criteria,” Robert R. Roberts, Roberts & Roberts and Dr. Steve Unwin, The Unwin Company
• “Impact of Data Exchange Standards on Maintainability of Process Units,” Dr. John Baldwin, Texas A&M University

Control Systems - Analysis and Reliability

• “A New Training Strategy: Design the Work Environment for Continuous Learning,” Ian Nimmo and Peter Bullemer, Honeywell
• “ISA 84.01: Current Use and What’s Next?” Paul Gruhn, Moore Products
• “ISA and IEC Standards - How are They Impacting the Process Industries,” Ken Bond, Shell

Economics of Safety

• “A view of What We Do - Making Safety Second Nature,” Roy Sanders, PPG
• “Maximizing the Economic Value of Process Safety Management,” Ken Harrington, Battelle Memorial Institute
• “The Impact of Process Safety on Productivity and the Bottom Line,” Bob Cook, Kvaerner/John Brown

Corrosion Monitoring

• “Tangential Radiographic Testing,” John Czerwinski and Gerry May, Brown and Root
• “The API methodology for risked based inspection (RBI) analysis for the petroleum and petrochemical industry,” John T. Reynolds, Shell Oil Co.
• “Materials and Corrosion Issues,” Dr. J.E. Slater, Invetech

Reactive Chemicals

• “Research Needs in Process Safety,” Dr. Walter Howard, Process Safety Consultant
• “Data Required for Predicting Reactive Chemical Pathways,” Dr. Ken Hall and Dr. Sam Mannan, Texas A&M University and Dr. Harry West, Shawnee Engineers
• “Systematic Evaluation of Chemical Reaction Hazards,” Georges Melhem, Arthur D. Little, Inc.

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