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It is our sincere intention that the information presented in this document will lead to an even more impressive safety record for the entire industry; however, neither the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), its consultants, CCPS Technical Steering Committee and Subcommittee members, their employers, their employers officers and directors, warrant or represent, expressly or by implication, the correctness or accuracy of the content of the information presented in this document. As between (1) AIChE, its consultants, CCPS Technical Steering Committee and Subcommittee members, their employers, their employers' officers and directors, and (2) the user of this document, the user accepts any legal liability or responsibility whatsoever for the consequence of its use or misuse.
The Chemical Center for Process Safety (CCPS) thanks all of the members of the Guide for Making Acute Risk Decisions Subcommittee for providing technical guidance in the preparation of this book. CCPS also expresses its appreciation to the members of the Technical Steering Committee for their advice and support.
The co-chairs of the Subcommittee were Fred Henselwood of Nova Chemicals and Jeff Stawicki of Lubrizol. The CCPS staff consultant was David Belonger.
The Subcommittee had the following key contributing members:
Christopher Buehler | Exponent |
Sorin Dan | Nova Chemicals |
Elizabeth Lutostansky | Air Products |
Robin Pitblado | DNV GL, (retired) |
Martin Timm | Praxair |
Florine Vincik | BASF |
The following members also supported this project:
Seshu Dharavaram (Corteva); Derek Miller (Air Products); John Traynor (Evonik); Eric Peterson (MMI Engineering);
The collective industrial experience and know-how of the subcommittee members plus these individuals makes this book especially valuable to engineers who develop and manage process safety programs and management systems, including the identification of the competencies needed to create and maintain these systems.
The book committee wishes to express their appreciation to Albert Ness of CCPS his contributions in writing this book for publication.
Before publication, all CCPS books are subjected to a thorough peer review process. CCPS gratefully acknowledges the thoughtful comments and suggestions of the peer reviewers. Their work enhanced the accuracy and clarity of these guidelines.
Peer Reviewers:
Anne Bartelsman | Marathon Petroleum |
Denise Chastain-Knight | Exida |
Palaniappan Chidambaram | DuPont |
Christopher F. Conlan | National Grid |
Georges Melham | ioMosaic |
Although the peer reviewers have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse this book and were not shown the final manuscript before its release.
The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) was created by the AIChE in 1985 after the chemical disasters in Mexico City, Mexico, and Bhopal, India. The CCPS is chartered to develop and disseminate technical information for use in the prevention of major chemical accidents. The Center is supported by more than 200 chemical process industries (CPI) sponsors who provide the necessary funding and professional guidance to its technical committees. The major product of CCPS activities has been a series of guidelines to assist those implementing various elements of a process safety and risk management system. This book is part of that series.