Sawyer, M.
Mike Sawyer is a consulting engineer at Apex Safety Consultants Inc. in Houston, Texas. For the past 34 yr, he has participated in numerous incident investigations ranging from petrochemical, refining and oil field sites to general industry. Notable investigations include the BP Texas City refinery and ESSO Longford gas plant explosions.
Minimize false assurances in hazard analyses
Environment & Safety
/ Process Optimization
/ Americas
/ Asia/Pacific
/ Carbon Management
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Greenhouse Gases
/ Loss Prevention
/ Management
/ Safety
Hazard analysis is a powerful and highly effective tool for identifying and evaluating potential hazards and control measures (Fig. 1). Its versatility provides an economical and insightful assessment..
Conceptually, accidents are a fallacy
Environment & Safety
/ Americas
/ Asia/Pacific
/ Europe
/ Loss Prevention
/ Management
/ Middle East
/ Safety
Webster’s unabridged dictionary defines accident as “Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one’s foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden and unexpected event..
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Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight
Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction
