CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety) - Human Factors Handbook for Process Plant Operations: Improving Process Safety and System Performance

1. Chapter 3
2. Chapter 6
3. Chapter 7
4. Chapter 8
5. Chapter 9
6. Chapter 10
7. Chapter 11
8. Chapter 12
9. Chapter 13
10. Chapter 14
11. Chapter 15
12. Chapter 16
13. Chapter 17
14. Chapter 18
15. Chapter 19
16. Chapter 20
17. Chapter 21
18. Chapter 22
19. Chapter 24
20. Chapter 25
21. Chapter 26
22. APPENDICES A
23. APPENDICES C
24. APPENDICES D
25. APPENDICES E
26. APPENDICES F
27. APPENDICES G

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 13
13. Chapter 14
14. Chapter 15
15. Chapter 16
16. Chapter 17
17. Chapter 18
18. Chapter 19
19. Chapter 20
20. Chapter 21
21. Chapter 22
22. Chapter 24
23. Chapter 25
24. Chapter 26
25. APPENDICES A
26. APPENDICES B

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Human Factors Handbook For Process Plant Operations is dedicated to
Jack L. McCavit

Jack is passionate about process safety, especially in the areas of culture and human factors. His work, both in his career at Celanese, and after his retirement, has concentrated on educating workers and industry leaders on the importance of process safety, the payback of sustaining a great program, and most importantly, the impact of not making process safety a top priority. Jack had firsthand experience with the latter when he witnessed a butane vapor cloud explosion at the Celanese site in Pampa, Texas, in 1987, resulting in three fatalities and dozens of injuries. Based on his significant and relevant expertise, Jack was selected as the technical manager for the prominent Baker Panel investigation of the BP Texas City Explosion in 2005.

Jack is a CCPS Fellow, an AIChE Fellow, and is rumored to be the fifth most famous Texan in history. He was the committee chair for the CCPS flagship book, Guidelines for Risk Based Process Safety, and a driving force behind CCPS's Vision 20/20.

It is both an honor and a privilege to see Jack in action!

Louisa A. Nara, CCPSC

CCPS Global Technical Director

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