Human Factors

Human Response IPLs and Human Error Prevention IPLs (Beyond Administrative Controls)

Hello again, visitors to the 2026 Spring Meeting and 22nd Global Congress on Process Safety! Be sure to also visit PII's Technical Director William Bridges' presentation this afternoon at 1:30 PM Central in Room 360 - GRB (3, George R. Brown Convention Center) on Human Response IPLs and Human Error Prevention IPLs (Beyond Administrative Controls), [...]

By |2026-04-16T17:37:15-07:00April 14th, 2026|Human Error, Human Factors, IPLs, LOPA|Comments Off on Human Response IPLs and Human Error Prevention IPLs (Beyond Administrative Controls)

Business Case for PHA of Procedures (to Find the Accident Scenarios that are Otherwise Missed)

This week's Free Resource of the Week is a paper that focuses on process hazard analysis from an economic perspective. Hazard evaluations, also called process hazard analysis (PHAs) have been performed formally in gradually improving fashion for more than five decades. Methods such as HAZOP and What-If analysis have been developed and honed during this [...]

By |2022-07-25T14:08:48-07:00July 25th, 2022|HAZOP, Human Error, Human Factors, Operating Procedures, PHA, Process Hazard Analysis|Comments Off on Business Case for PHA of Procedures (to Find the Accident Scenarios that are Otherwise Missed)

It’s Day 4 of the 2021 AIChE Spring Meeting and 17th GCPS – Time for our Human Factors Presentation and More Social Hour Networking!

Greetings virtual conference-goers, and welcome to the fourth day of the 2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety! Please note that Process Improvement Institute has one presentation on Thursday, August 22nd: (130c) Human Factors Implementation – for Plant Workers: William Bridges (PII) and Stephen Bridges (PII); 11:40 AM CDT. This [...]

By |2021-04-22T10:39:53-07:00April 22nd, 2021|Events, GCPS, Human Factors|Comments Off on It’s Day 4 of the 2021 AIChE Spring Meeting and 17th GCPS – Time for our Human Factors Presentation and More Social Hour Networking!

Four Important Process Safety Online Training Courses Coming Up in August!

Well, the pandemic may be slowly grinding us through summer, but we still have four important process safety online training courses coming up in August from Process Improvement Institute to bolster your safety management arsenal, and all 4 still have room for you to participate! Starting off on August 3rd, the 2-day Writing Effective Operating [...]

By |2020-07-31T00:23:35-07:00July 31st, 2020|Human Error, Human Factors, Incident Investigation, Mechanical Integrity, PHA, Process Safety, Root Cause, Training|Comments Off on Four Important Process Safety Online Training Courses Coming Up in August!

Registration for the 2020 Spring Meeting and 16th Global Congress on Process Safety is Coming Soon!

The AIChE Spring Meeting is the year’s key technical conference for practicing chemical engineers, and the 2020 edition will be held at the Hilton Americas and George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas! A wide range of subjects relevant to the current needs of industry is covered. Plus, the Global Congress on Process Safety [...]

By |2019-11-21T14:45:06-07:00November 21st, 2019|Events, GCPS, HAZOP, Human Error, Human Factors, Incident Investigation, LOPA, MOC, Near Miss, PHA, PMI, Process Hazard Analysis, Process Safety, PSM, QRA, Root Cause, SIF, SIL, SIS, Training|Comments Off on Registration for the 2020 Spring Meeting and 16th Global Congress on Process Safety is Coming Soon!
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