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BIC Articles
Date	Article Introduction
11/10/2011	MobilOps™ Helps Close the Knowledge Gap
05/14/2011	Huntsman Chemical 'Puts Employee Safety First' With Project Zero™
4/12/2011	Turner Industries Acquires Industrial Mobility Assets
ISG Articles
Date	Article Introduction
4/29/2010	Wireless Mobility for a Plant Environment
	Are you interested in "Wireless Mobility for a Plant Environment”? A study by Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) and e-Rewards and sponsored by Motorola thinks you might. Here are the highlights: Impressions: - "With more than 60 percent of the surveyed manufacturing IT decision makers stating that their organization currently has a mobility strategy, it is clear..
1/29/2010	Huntsman Extends IT to its Field Operations
	ARC Brief by Harry Forbes, ARC Advisory Group, http://www.arcweb.com – October 6, 2009 Summary Field operators in chemical and other process plants perform critical tasks, yet must do so with very little help from the information technology that has transformed office work processes. Many plant operations, even hazardous ones, are performed with only paper-based procedures...
1/25/2010	Crisis Compels Change
	Crises, such as the ongoing economic crisis in the US and world, will compel change. As we all know change can be good, or bad. We can take a positive approach to these times and use the situation to bring about radical, yet positive change, that while painful at times, will assure our future prosperity.
ISG News
Date	Article Introduction
11/3/2009	Wireless Technology Enables Chemical Plant’s ‘Project Zero’
	Chemical manufacturer Huntsman wanted a system to give personnel real-time access to information needed to operate the plant as safely and efficiently as possible – no matter where they were. The result is one of the largest and most ambitious industrial wireless application networks to date.
11/1/2009	Wireless Enables Huntsman Project Zero
	One of the largest and most ambitious industrial wireless application networks to date helps chemical manufacturer Huntsman strive for zero product defects, zero safety incidents and injuries, zero environmental releases, and zero unscheduled downtime.
Process Safety Primer
Date	Article Introduction
3/22/2010	Methods of Process Hazard Analysis
	An important component of Process Safety Management programs is the selection of the appropriate methods for for Process Hazard Analysis. The following is a brief overview of methods: What-If, Checklist, and What-If/Checklist...
3/20/2010	Compliance Audits for Process Safety Management Programs
	Compliance Audits An audit is a technique used to gather sufficient facts and information, including statistical information, to verify compliance with standards. Employers must select a trained individual or assemble a trained team to audit the process safety management system and program. A small process or plant may need only one knowledgeable person to conduct an...
3/18/2010	Emergency Preparedness for Process Safety
	Emergency Preparedness Emergency Preparedness is a critical component of Process Safety Management programs. Each employer must address what actions employees are to take when there is an unwanted release of highly hazardous chemicals. Emergency preparedness is the employer’s third line of defense that will be relied on along with the second line of defense, which is...
3/16/2010	Incident Investigation for Process Safety Programs
	Incident investigation is the process of identifying the underlying causes of incidents and implementing steps to prevent similar events from occurring. The intent of an incident investigation is for employers to learn from past experiences and thus avoid repeating past mistakes. The incidents OSHA expects employers to recognize and to investigate are the types...
3/14/2010	Change Management for Process Safety Programs
	To properly manage changes to process chemicals, technology, equipment and facilities, one must define what is meant by change. In the process safety management standard, change includes all modifications to equipment, procedures, raw materials, and processing conditions other than "replacement in kind.” These changes must be properly managed by identifying and reviewing them prior...
3/10/2010	Process Safety Training
	All employees, including maintenance and contractor employees involved with highly hazardous chemicals, need to fully understand the safety and health hazards of the chemicals and processes they work with so they can protect themselves, their fellow employees, and the citizens of nearby communities. Training conducted in compliance with the OSHA Hazard Communication standards will...
3/8/2010	Operating Procedures
	Operating procedures describe tasks to be performed, data to be recorded, operating conditions to be maintained, samples to be collected, and safety and health precautions to be taken. The procedures need to be technically accurate, understandable to employees, and revised periodically to ensure that they reflect current operations. The process safety information package helps to...
3/6/2010	Process Hazard Analysis
	A process hazard analysis (PHA), or evaluation, is one of the most important elements of the process safety management program. A PHA is an organized and systematic effort to identify and analyze the significance of potential hazards associated with the processing or handling of highly hazardous chemicals. A PHA provides information that will assist employers...
3/4/2010	Process Safety Information
	Complete and accurate written information concerning process chemicals, process technology, and process equipment is essential to an effective process safety management program and to a process hazard analysis. The compiled information will be a necessary resource to a variety of users including the team performing the process hazard...
3/2/2010	The Purpose and Application of Process Safety Management
	The major objective of process safety management (PSM) of highly hazardous chemicals is to prevent unwanted releases of hazardous chemicals especially into locations that could expose employees and others to serious hazards. An effective process safety management program requires a systematic approach to evaluating the whole chemical process. Using this approach, the process design, process...