Process Safety
This activity is specifically listed as a covered task that involves making a connection to in-service equipment
What is a hot tap?
This unit area/system produces dilute alkyls, dilute antistat, and activated chromium catalyst for polymer production.
What is the Catalyst Preparation System?
For confined space entry, this method is listed first in the preferred order of priority and is considered positive isolation.
What is a blind?
This is the alternate designated assembly area during a fire/spill alarm.
What is Conference BRB?
This color is used for designating caution and physical hazards like striking against, stumbling, falling, tripping, and caught-in-between hazards.
What is yellow?
These two groups are responsible for the initial screening of SAP notifications to determine whether the work may involve working on live equipment.
Who are the PMC and Maintenance Planners?
This process technology converts molten plastic into pellets by forcing melt through a screen pack and die plate, then cooling and cutting the strands.
What is extrusion?
This step is performed by the EO and initial DMW to verify the equipment is in a zero energy state.
What is Test and Try?
During a fire/spill alarm, all employees, contractors, and visitors must report to the nearest Emergency Assembly Area and check in with this person.
Who is the Accountability Warden?
These signs signify the actual or potential presence of a biohazard.
What are biological hazard signs?
Management of Change procedures are maintained in this system where they are readily available to employees.
What is D2?
Before railcar loading, final product cleaning occurs in this equipment, which removes fines, streamers, metal, and other undesirable contaminants.
What is the scalperator?
For all Line Break and Confined Space Entry isolation points, this type of verification is required.
What is independent verification?
Evacuation drills involving plant personnel are conducted with this frequency.
What is annually?
The ambient temperature inside the confined space must be less than or equal to this value unless acceptable controls are used.
What is 95°F?
This STxP role communicates MOC KPI status to leadership through regular emailed reports and coordination of Process Safety KPI reviews.
Who is the STxP Process Safety Engineer?
These are the 4-main process streams fed into the reactor
What is ethylene, hydrogen, isobutane and hexene?
When there are 10 or more workers, this system may be used so workers sign on a list instead of each applying a personal lock.
What is the Master Tag Verification List (MTVL) system?
Unless the area is unsafe, you should not do this to an injured person.
What is move the injured person?
This role must monitor the breathing air regulator from bottles or air header gauges and ensure pressure stays within required ranges.
Who is the Bottle Watch?
A change must be implemented immediately on a weekend to mitigate an HSE risk, and there is not enough time to follow the full MOC process. It can be implemented after the Initiation Stage, but it still requires two emergency approvers, a hazard evaluation for temporary safe operation, and a PSSR. What type of MOC is this?
What is an Emergency MOC?
This chemical in the HDPE Unit has a hazard code of Health 3, Fire 0, Reactivity 2.
What is 93% sulfuric acid?
Equipment that has remained energy isolated for this length of time or more must either be returned to service, configured to remain safely isolated, or covered by an approved deviation.
What is 180 days?
Even if the all-clear has been given, this form must still be completed unless directed otherwise by the Incident Commander.
What is the Headcount/Accountability Form?
Any anchor point used for fall protection must be capable of safely supporting this minimum static load per worker attached.
What is 5,000 pounds?