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.
May, 2025 - Know the signs of heat illness
March, 2025 - Static accumulation gives warning signs !!
February, 2025 - Communication is the key to safer operations
January, 2025 - See Something, Say Something
December, 2024 - Stored chemicals are still hazardous
August, 2020 - Where to Check the LFL Before Hot Work?
September, 2019 - Plugged line & equipment – More than a nuisance
November, 2017 - Purged Enclosures in Hazardous Areas
October, 2017 - Are your alarms alarming?
September, 2017 - Haste Makes Waste!
August, 2017 - Vulnerable Piping
July, 2017 - Management of Change
June, 2017 - Incident Investigation of a Steam Pipe Failure
May, 2017 - Corroded Tanks
April, 2017 - Are you sure that vessel is empty?
March, 2017 - …but the temperature was below the flash point!
February, 2017 - Mixing Incompatible Materials in Storage Tanks
January, 2017 - Hazards of High Oxygen Concentration
December, 2016 - Ignition Sources – Once More
November, 2016 - 15 Years of the Process Safety Beacon!