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.
March, 2023 - Toxic Gases
December, 2022 - Take safety home for the holidays
November, 2022 - Idle Does Not Mean Safe
October, 2022 - Communication – the heart of safe operations
September, 2022 - Lightning Strikes – YIKES!!
August, 2022 - What’s an Acceptable LEL Detector Reading?
May, 2022 - “ What happens if ?” An important question for hazard reviews
April, 2022 - Process Safety lessons from a ship fire
January, 2022 - The drawing and procedures were missing some things
December, 2021 - Situational Awareness: A key to avoiding errors
November, 2021 - Happy 20th Anniversary - Process Safety Beacon
August, 2021 - Explosion of a tank containing “mostly water”
June, 2021 - Combustible dust hazards are everywhere!
May, 2021 - Valve position errors can cause serious incidents
April, 2021 - Recent nitrogen fatalities are a vivid reminder
March, 2021 - Do not allow your relief device vents to be a hazard
February, 2021 - Static discharges are frequent ignition sources
December, 2020 - Reactive Chemistry Incidents Can Happen Anywhere!
November, 2020 - Not all vibrations in process equipment are good vibrations
October, 2020 - Hazardous Chemicals Hidden in Plain Sight