Introduction to safety in the workplace

Welcome to this introductory course on safety in the chemical and process industries.

In this course, general occupation safety, PPE, permit to work systems, confined spaces… are covered in detail to raise awareness around these activities and to propote the adoption of safe designs and practices to avoid the occurence of unnecessaey incidents.

The module then ends with a virtual plant safety tour. Now, while it is obviously impossible to address every safety mistake ever made, we have included in this virtual plant tour, a valuable summary of the most frequent mistakes encountered in the field. This will further raise your awareness so that you will be able to recognize early signs of safety concerns.

• Raise your awareness and help you recognize early signs of safety concerns at your facility
• Promote the adoption of safe practices and operations to avoid the occurrence of unnecessary incidents
• Communicate lessons learned from previous accidents and avoid unnecessary safety incidents in the future
• Recognize safety signs used at your facility
• Understand the importance of evacuation diagrams
• Know the various types of fire extinguishers at your facility and how and when to use them
• Know the various types of work permits, their requirements and the principles that apply to them
• Recognize confined space hazards and the risks associated with this activity and how to manage them

• Operating personnel in refineries, petrochemical and chemical plants
• Process safety engineers & safety practitioners
• HSE Professionals
• Process, Chemical & Design engineers
• Technical Professionals dealing with risk assessment and integrity analysis
• Managers unfamiliar with Process Safety Management
• Senior managers wishing to refresh and consolidate Process Safety knowledge