From a process standpoint, your Fired Equipment items are not only some of the most critical but some of the most risky items in day-to-day operations. Add in the presence of open flames and failures can be dramatic. In today’s refining climate, fired equipment is required to run 4, 5, 6 or even 7 years […]
On May 18, 2017, the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Occupational Safety and Health Standards (CalOSHA) board approved a new regulation that changes how Process Safety Management (PSM) is handled for oil refineries within the state of California. This regulation was approved in response to high-profile industry incidents in the state of California in the […]
Rick Hoffman, Director Mechanical Integrity for Becht, was published in the July/August 2017 edition of the Inspectioneering Journal. Rick’s two blogs concerning Making Bad Actor Elimination Programs Work and Reliability Beliefs – Driving Organizational Accountability (both on this website) were combined into a single, free-standing article. You may view a pdf of the Inspectioneering Journal by clicking HERE. Rick Hoffman joined […]
This is the second in a series of Blogs on improving plant reliability performance through improvement in culture, programs and equipment design, maintenance and operation. This Blog focuses on Reliability Beliefs – a key element in organizational accountability for everyone to do the right thing every time. Read the first blog in the series – […]
