Spontaneous Combustion of Tortilla Chip Waste: an Unknown Known?
A analysis of a fire caused by spontaneous combustion of food waste at a factory in Texas.
Features - Risk & Safety
The Long View on Longford
20 years on from Australia’s infamous gas explosion, what have we learned, and what should we do ...
What Goes Around Comes Around
Cyber threats to process safety: industry must share lessons
Step Up and Share
As lessons emerge following the Grenfell Tower review, chemical engineers have a duty to share th...
Dame Judith Hackitt and Erin Johnson talk fire safety
Chemical engineers are well suited to assessing fire safety by applying systems thinking and a ri...
Using Bow Ties to Classify Barriers
Not all parts of a process safety management system are of equal importance
What is it Like Being a Chemical Engineer in Parliament?
Erin Johnson, Ashok Kumar Fellow, talks to IChemE’s Rachael Fraser
Do Share
Adam Duckett says we must do all we can to share the lessons of Piper Alpha
Piper Alpha Perspectives
ON 6 July 1988, 167 men died in the Piper Alpha disaster. This series revisits the accident and ...
Deep Impact
Adam Duckett, on life-changing moments, regrets, and the red thread of safety
Lessons in Safety
Effective communication a key theme as experts gather to discuss safety
To Shrug or Not to Shrug
How turning a blind eye can have serious cumulative effects on process safety
Fighting the Fight
Cyber attacks on industrial control systems are increasing. What can you do?
Tastes Good, Can’t Hurt? It Ain’t Necessarily So
The Loss Prevention Bulletin's special issue on food processing uncovers hazards you might find s...
Beyond ALARP
Why considered, informed, respectful dialogue is needed
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