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Process Safety with Trish & Traci — 128 episodes

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1

Piper Alpha Disaster: The Jenga Tower That Was Always Going to Fall

2

Disaster Planning in Process Plants: Best Offense is a Passive Defense

3

Four Alarms in Three Weeks: A Safety Professional's Hotel Wake-Up Call

4

Who's Taking Care of the Safety Pro?

5

When Alarms Stop Warning and Start Failing

6

GKN Aerospace Incident Offers Lessons in Reactive Hazard Management

7

Process Safety: Meet Me Under the Clocks

8

11 Fires, 60 Days: What's Really Behind the 2026 Refinery Crisis

9

Leading Safely in a VUCA World

10

When Level Nozzle Placement and Operator Behavior Collide

11

Could vs. Should: What 'Jurassic Park' Can Teach Us About Process Safety

12

When Nature Attacks: Preparing Chemical Facilities for NATECH Events

13

Human Factors Engineering: Designing Systems Around Our Limitations

14

Revalidating Process Hazard Analysis: Getting Real Value

15

Calculate Risk to Capture Reward

16

Challenger Disaster 40 Years Later: The Deadly Cost of Reversing Safety Burden

17

Bird’s-Eye View Prevents Process Safety Groundings

18

Young Engineer Champions Process Safety Via Social Media

19

Platypus, Duck or Weak Signal? Process Safety Lessons from Down Under

20

Buncefield Explosion: 20 Years Later, Critical Lessons on Tank Storage Safety

21

Aborted Landing Reveals Critical Lessons in Safety Communication

22

Henry David Thoreau of Process Safety – Trevor Kletz

23

Hidden Hazards: 10 Common PHA Oversights

24

How Equipment Reliability Impacts Process Safety

25

Process Safety: The Dangers of Blindly Following Instructions

26

Challenge the Illusion of Safety

27

Lessons From Deadly Permit-to-Work Failures

28

Process Safety: Serve Up the Tim Tam Slam

29

Lessons Learned from the Columbia Disaster

30

Taming Static Electricity in Glass-Lined Reactors

31

AI and Machine Learning Transform Compliance, But Humans Still Key

32

Callide Power Station: 34 Minutes to Disaster

33

Process Safety: Wield Questions to Learn and Teach

34

Deadly Lessons from BP Disasters

35

Stop Stupidity with Relief Devices

36

4 Cs of Effective Process Safety Storytelling

37

An Engineer’s Process Safety Evolution

38

Can an AI Copilot Streamline HAZOPs?

39

Job Hazard Analysis Makeover: 5 Crucial Steps

40

6 Process Safety Pearls of Wisdom

41

Process Safety Lessons from Bhopal 40 Years Later

42

Butterflies of Bhopal -- Lessons Written in Blood

43

What Have We Learned from the Pemex LPG Explosion in Mexico City?

44

Manage Transient Operations to Achieve Process Safety -- 6 Steps to Follow

45

Process Safety: Knowledge Is Power – Or Is It?

46

Lessons Learned from the Explosion at the Phillips Petroleum Complex

47

Safety Lessons from the Deadly Molasses Flood of 1919

48

Process Safety Meets Nancy Drew, James Bond and MacGyver

49

Process Safety: It’s Not Impossible That It’s Possible

50

World’s First Process Safety Management Standard

51

Prevent Dust Explosions During Processing

52

Lessons Learned From 1994 Texaco Refinery Explosion

53

Dust Explosion Awareness Ebbs and Flows

54

Corroded Pipe Elbow Sparks Explosion, Launches 38,000-lb Shrapnel

55

Process Safety — Manage The Only Constant: Change

56

Lessons Learned From Flixborough 50 Years Later

57

Better Visibility Into Hazardous Chemicals

58

Hazardous Lies: Former Safety Investigator Pens Fictional Thriller

59

Lessons Learned From the Deadly Formosa Explosion

60

10 Rules To Succeed at Process Safety Management

61

Process Safety: Embrace Challenges, Recognize Limits, Manage Risks

62

Tipisodes: 7 Steps To Better Cybersecurity

63

Lessons Learned from Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis

64

Use HAZOPs Properly

65

Master Inherently Safer Design Principles

66

Differences Between Experiences and Learning in Process Safety

67

Accident Anniversaries: Honoring Lives and Learning Lessons

68

How Reducing Emergency Procedures Bolsters Safety

69

Avoid Common Pitfalls of Risk Perception Via Statistics, Storytelling

70

Reflecting On Tragedy Can Improve Process Safety

71

La Mède Refinery Tragedy Unveils Critical Corrosion Lessons

72

Lessons Learned From The Deadly Explosion In Pasadena, Texas

73

Don’t Let Risk Management Falter

74

7 Steps To Maintaining Safety Awareness in Industrial Plants

75

Podcast ep 54: ICYMI — Understand the Difference Between On-Spec and Fit For Purpose

76

Podcast: Mastering Risk Management in High-Hazard Industries

77

Podcast ep 52: Game-Based Learning Revolutionizes Process Safety Education in the Chemical Industry

78

Tipisodes Podcast: Ep 51 9 Tips for Effective Process-Hazard Reviews in Management of Change

79

Ep 50 Podcast: Prepare For The Worst

80

Podcast: Piper Alpha Disaster -- 22 Terrifying Minutes, Countless Lessons Learned

81

Podcast: ICYMI -- Don’t Ignore Weak Signals

82

Podcast: The Importance of Ethics In Engineering

83

Podcast: Lessons Learned From The 2013 Williams Olefins Explosion

84

Episode 45: Fast Facts -- Trevor Kletz and Inherent Safety

85

Episode 44: Lessons Learned From 1988 Shell Plant Explosion

86

Episode 43: ICYMI: Story Telling Bolsters Process Safety -- What Are Your Shell Middens?

87

Episode 42: Don’t Dismiss Process Safety Weak Signals — Find Your Platypus

88

Podcast: Examining Ohio Train Derailment; Five-Year Anniversary of ExxonMobil Earthquake Incident

89

Tactics To Help First Responders During Process Safety Incidents

90

Podcast: Lessons Learned From 2022 Process-Safety Incidents

91

Podcast: Hone Transferable Skills To Promote Safety

92

Podcast: Avoid A Hero Complex During Safety Training

93

Podcast: Hydrogen Safety & The Energy Revolution

94

San Bruno Pipeline Explosion Lessons Learned

95

Podcast: Unique Program Delivers Safer Workplace

96

Deadly Dust -- Lessons Learned From The Didion Milling Explosion

97

Chernobyl Disaster Dangers Then And Now

98

Podcast: Examining Technology’s Blessings And Burdens

99

Deadly Lessons Learned From A Permit-To-Work Failure

100

How To Make Money And Save Lives Via Process Safety

101

Podcast: 2021 Process Safety Incidents Reveal Preventable Patterns

102

How To Avoid Dumb Ways To Die

103

New Tool In Process Hazard Analysis: Delta HAZOP

104

Could Deepwater Horizon Have Been Prevented?

105

Lessons Learned From Seveso -- One Of the Biggest Manmade Environmental Disasters

106

Cybersecurity Breach Ripple Effect

107

The Cost Of Climate Change On Process Safety

108

Lessons Learned From The Fukushima Disaster 10 Years Later

109

Focus On The Right Process Safety Indicators

110

Importance Of Partnering With First Responders

111

How to apply process safety during the concept-select phase

112

Lessons Learned From The Longford Gas Explosion That Killed Two

113

How do you ensure your safety message is understood in multiple languages?

114

Catastrophe At The Hands Of Legacy Design Issues

115

Transporting Dangerous Cargo Via Train -- Is It The Right Way To Go?

116

Mistakes Make Good Leaders

117

How the Chemical Industry is Adjusting to the New Norm

118

Take Advantage Of Downtime To Ramp Up Process Safety

119

What have we learned from significant incidents?

120

Leading Through A Crisis

121

Operating During A Pandemic and Process Safety Documentation

122

Is Inherently Safer Design really safer?

123

Are corporate manslaughter charges too much for safety incidents?

124

A corroded pipe and decades-old regulations cause catastrophe at Philadelphia Energy Solutions

125

Cyber Security: It's not if you'll be hacked -- it's when.

126

Is A Hurricane Harvey Hangover the reason for so many safety incidents in Texas?

127

Do regulations make chemical processing plants safer?

128

Educated Workforce Key To Safety In China