Arkema: A Ham Sandwich

“The district attorney could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich if he wanted to.” Judge Sol Wachtler Arkema is a ham sandwich. A year ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and the flooding that followed, we got to watch trailers loaded with organic peroxide go up in flames and billowing clouds [...]

By |2018-09-06T15:33:49-05:00September 6th, 2018|Chemicals, Current Events, Process Safety|Comments Off on Arkema: A Ham Sandwich

Getting It Wrong

“Adversity does not build character, it reveals it” -James Lane Allen I have been very interested in what the press has had to say about process safety issues following Hurricane Harvey. I was also very gratified when the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) put out a warning that start-up was one the most dangerous operations [...]

By |2018-01-26T19:36:56-06:00September 1st, 2017|Current Events, Process Safety|Comments Off on Getting It Wrong
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