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Safety Considerations in the Chemical Process Industries

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There is an ongoing emphasis on chemical process safety as a result of highly publicized accidents such as the recent BP Deep Water Horizon well blow out in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in a fire and explosion that killed 11 people and a massive leak of oil that caused catastrophic damage to the environment and economy of the Gulf Coast. Public awareness of these accidents has provided a driving force for industry to improve its safety record. There has also been an increasing amount of government regulation.

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Acknowledgment

The author wishes to acknowledge that earlier versions of this chapter, which appeared in the eleventh and preceding editions of the Handbook, were authored by Stan Englund of Midland, Michigan, and that significant content from the previous editions is included herein.

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Murphy, J.F. (2012). Safety Considerations in the Chemical Process Industries. In: Kent, J. (eds) Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4259-2_2

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