Process Safety Beacon Archives

The Process Safety Beacons Archive includes all past Beacons and is available to everyone to download and share. Reproduction for non-commercial, educational purposes is encouraged. However, reproduction for any commercial purpose without express written consent of AIChE is strictly prohibited.
July, 2024 - Are your P&IDs up to date?
February, 2023 - People are a critical part of safe operations
June, 2020 - Can a “fail open” valve fail closed?
April, 2020 - April, 2020 - A Hidden Chain of Hazards
August, 2019 - Hidden Hazards!
September, 2014 - What is your role in Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis?
September, 2010 - Has anybody seen our process safety information (PSI)?
September, 2006 - Overfilling Tanks - What happened?
August, 2006 - Static electricity
July, 2006 - Do you have storage pallets that look like this?
March, 2006 - Pressure relief systems - do you see any hazards here?
October, 2004 - Available when needed?
March, 2003 - Reactive Chemistry - Not always when or where you want it
November, 2002 - What has your steam up?
October, 2002 - It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s A PUMP!
July, 2002 - The seal that didn't perform
May, 2002 - And he blew the house down
April, 2002 - The cylinder that got away
January, 2002 - Explosions
November, 2001 - Trace quantities of flammables can cause an event like this!