The introduction of process safety system–specific malware into the manufacturing world in 2017 intensified the discussion around the convergence of safety and cybersecurity. If a cyberattack could ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of five articles on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points sponsored by PAR Technologies. There are seven HACCP principles outlined by the FDA to serve as a guideline ...

Dust explosions pose a severe hazard in the workplace, but there many ways to detect danger before a problem occurs. Dust explosions are a serious hazard in the process industries. They have led to ...

Process hazards analysis (PHA) studies, especially hazards and operability (HAZOP) studies and layer of protection analysis (LOPA) reports are ubiquitous in the process industries, but the information ...

With traditional methods of food control in food processing plants it has been usual to take a sample of the final product leaving the factory and perform laboratory analyses on this sample. When a ...

Probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis (PFDHA) is a relatively new methodology, and actual examples of applications are quite limited. The current publication provides an introduction to ...

Transport infrastructure is exposed to natural hazards all around the world. Here we present the first global estimates of multi-hazard exposure and risk to road and rail infrastructure. Results ...

In this Hogan Lovells update, we first provide a brief overview of the purpose and history of the PCHF Draft Guidance, address the key changes to the draft Introduction, and then discuss some of the ...

Learn to address the likelihood of structural failure. Perform risk analysis associated with environmental loads to structures under static and dynamic loadings. Master the basics of performance-based ...

Coastal hazard vulnerability assessment has been centered around the multi-variate analysis of geo-physical and hydroclimate data. The representation of coupled socio-environmental factors has often ...

In evaluating the quality of Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) approach to risk analysis—element (a) of this study’s Statement of Task—we must differentiate between DHS’s overall ...