Winner of the Frank Lees Medal 2004 for the most meritorious publication on
     safety and loss prevention.
     Produced by BP and endorsed by IChemE's Loss Prevention Panel, these books
     were developed to complement safety training. They are ideal reference tools within
     the workplace, increasing awareness of hazards and helping operators to understand 
                  safe operating practices and procedures.
 
                           
 
                            Confined Space Entry
                      Price: £22.00         ISBN: 0852954794
 
Confined space entry is one of the most hazardous activities to be
performed in an industrial environment. This booklet raises the awareness
of operators to the main hazards, using examples of actual accidents to
highlight the potential threats and explain the possible causes, enabling
operators to spot potential hazards and adopt safer designs and practices
to avoid the occurrence of such incidents. An excellent introduction to the
topic for students.
 
 
                         
                   Hazardous Substances in Refineries
                      Price: £22.00         ISBN: 0852954824
 
On top of all hydrocarbons, nitrogen, hydrogen sulphide, hydrogen fluoride,
and many other hazardous chemicals are handled routinely in refineries.
Contact with these can prove fatal in a matter of seconds. This booklet
aims to share knowledge and improve the understanding on the basic
principles for safe handling of the main hazardous chemical products found
in refineries. An excellent introduction to the topic for students.
 
 
 
 
                         Hazards of Air and Oxygen 
                    Price: £17.00   ISBN: 0852954670
 
 Part of the BP Safety Series, developed as a compliment to safety training
this text makes the perfect reference tool and training aid. The book sets out
to increase the awareness, of operators within the chemical and process industry,
to the hazards of air and oxygen. It begins by describing the fundamentals of fire
using the fire triangle to explain the relationship of air and oxygen to fires.
Discussing the uses of air and oxygen within the chemical and process industries,
before pointing out the potential hazards relating to the possible uses. Using examples of actual
accidents to highlight the potential threats and explain the possible causes, it raises the knowledge
and awareness of operators to the dangers of air and oxygen, enabling them to spot hazards before
accidents occur. The book concludes with a summary section reviewing and summing up the
information within the book. An excellent introduction to the topic for students.
 
 
 
                Hazards of Electricity and Static Electricity 2006 Edition
                         Price: £25.00        ISBN: 0852955031
 
A member of the BP Process Safety Series developed as a complement to
safety training, this text makes the perfect reference tool and training aid.
The book increases the awareness of operators within the chemical and
process industries, to the hazards of electricity and static electricity. It
begins by describing how electrical and static electrical hazards can occur,
before pointing out the potential hazards. Using case studies of actual accidents
to highlight the potential threats and explain the possible causes before giving potential
safeguards, it raises the knowledge and awareness of operators to the dangers of electricity
and static electricity, enabling them to spot hazards before accidents occur. The book
concludes with a self-test section allowing readers to test their understanding of the
information presented. An excellent introduction to the topic for students.
 
 
            Hazards of Nitrogen and Catalyst Handling
                   Price: £17.00     ISBN: 0852954697
 
 A member of the BP Process Safety Series developed as a complement
to safety training, this text makes the perfect reference tool and training
aid. The book increases the awareness, of operators within the chemical
and process industries, to the hazards of nitrogen and potential hazards
of using catalysts. It begins by describing nitrogen and the use of catalysts,
its uses and properties, before pointing out the potential hazards. Using
case studies of actual accidents to highlight the potential threats and explain the possible
causes, it raises the knowledge and awareness of operators to the dangers of nitrogen and
of using catalysts, enabling them to spot hazards before accidents occur. The book
concludes with a self-test section allowing readers to test their understanding of the
information presented. An excellent introduction to the topic for students.
 
 
 
                                     Hazards of Steam
                      Price: £17.00      ISBN: 0852954689
 
Part of the BP Safety Series, developed as a compliment to safety
training this text makes the perfect reference tool and training aid.
The book sets out to increase the awareness, of operators within
the chemical and process industry, to the hazards of steam. It
begins by describing steam, its uses and properties, before pointing
out the potential hazards. Using case studies of actual accidents to
highlight the potential threats and explain the possible causes, it raises the knowledge
and awareness of operators to the dangers of steam, enabling them to spot hazards
before accidents occur. The book concludes with a self-test section allowing the
reader to test their understanding of the information within the book. An excellent
introduction to the topic for students.
 
 
                 Hazards of Trapped Pressure and Vacuum
                             Price: £27.00      ISBN: 0852954751
 
A member of the BP Process Safety Series developed as a complement
to safety training, this text makes the perfect reference tool and training
aid. The book increases the awareness of operators within the chemical
and process industries, to the hazards of trapped pressure and vacuum.
It begins by describing trapped pressure and vacuum and their uses within
the process industries, before pointing out the potential hazards. Using
case studies of actual accidents to highlight the potential threats and explain the possible
causes, it raises the knowledge and awareness of operators to the dangers of trapped
pressure and vacuum, enabling them to spot and rectify hazards before accidents occur.
The book concludes with a self-test section allowing readers to test their understanding
of the information presented. An excellent introduction to the topic for students.
 
 
            
                                  Hazards of Water  
                        Price: £17.00       ISBN: 0852954662
 
A member of the BP Process Safety Series developed as a complement to
safety training, this text makes the perfect reference tool and training aid.
The book increases the awareness, of operators within the chemical and
process industries, to the hazards of water. It begins by describing water,
its uses within process engineering, before pointing out the potential hazards
and suggesting methods to correct them. Using case studies of actual accidents
to highlight the potential threats and explain the possible causes, it raises the knowledge and
awareness of operators to the dangers of water, enabling them to spot hazards before
accidents occur. An excellent introduction to the topic for students. 

 
                                 Hotel Fire Safety
                    Price: £17.00    ISBN: 0852954808
 
Hotel Fire Safety makes essential reading for hotel manager and proprietors,
as well as frequent travellers. Complete with the do's and don't of fire safety,
real-life case studies and photograph examples of best practice, the guide
also includes a hotel fire assessment chart and suggests a recommended
travel kit. Already proving hugely popular amongst hoteliers, as well as HR
departments in selecting the hotels they choose and recommend, Hotel Fire
Safety offers first-class guidance at a very affordable price.
 
 
  
                         Liquid Hydrocarbon Tank Fires 2006 Edn    
                    Price: £27.00      ISBN: 0852955048
 
An essential reference tool for operators and fire fighting teams working
on or near tank farms, and for public fire brigades everywhere, this booklet
identifies the potential emergencies that may occur and the correct response.
Using examples of actual accidents, the booklet aims to enable readers to
spot and rectify problems before incidents occur and to know how to respond.
An excellent introduction to the topic for students. 
 
 

 
                          Safe Handling of Light Ends
                   Price: £27.00       ISBN: 0852954786
 
Light end materials, such as LNG or LPG, have poor safety reputation
because of a few famous incidents such as Cleveland, Feyzin, Los
Alfaques and Mexico City but when handled properly by well-trained
personnel in correctly design installations, they present no more risk
than other energy sources. This booklet raises the awareness of
operators, engineers and technicians to the main hazards of light ends
(methane to penthane). Using examples of actual accidents, enabling operators to spot
and rectify potential hazards before incidents occur.
 

 
                        Safe Furnace and Boiler Firing
                    Price: £22.00     ISBN: 0852954727
 
A member of the BP Process Safety Series developed as a complement
to safety training, this text makes the perfect reference tool and training
aid. The book increases the awareness of operators within the chemical
and process industries, to the hazards of furnace and boiler firing. It begins
by explaining how furnaces and boilers work and discussing the different
types and uses of furnaces and boilers within the process industries. The
book then discusses the potential hazards relating to the possible uses, using examples of
actual accidents to highlight the threats and explain the causes, giving general rules and
procedures for safe firing. It raises the knowledge and awareness of operators to the
dangers involved with firing furnaces and boilers, enabling them to use safe firing methods
and helping them to spot hazards before accidents occur. The book concludes with a
summary section reviewing the information presented, with a short self-test questionnaire
allowing readers to test their understanding of the subject. An excellent introduction to the
topic for students.
 
 
                 Safe Tank Farms and (Un)loading Operations
                       Price: £32.00      ISBN: 0852954778
 
Summarising BP’s decades of experience in auditing all sizes of depots,
terminals and refineries, this booklet will be a gold mine of useful information
to tank farm operators, managers, designers and auditors. It raises awareness
to the possibility of common failures and their consequences, and helps readers
to adopt safe designs and practices. An excellent introduction to the topic for
students.
 
 
 
                     Safe Ups and Downs for Process Units
                       Price: £17.00     ISBN: 0852954735
 
A member of the BP Process Safety Series developed as a complement to
safety training, this text makes the perfect reference tool and training aid.
The book increases the awareness of operators within the chemical and
process industries, to the hazards present at start-up and shutdown of
process units. It begins by describing the shutdown procedure, before
moving on to the start-up, in both cases, explaining the need for procedures,
pointing out the possible hazards and what steps can be taken to avoid them occurring.
Using case studies of actual accidents to highlight the potential threats and explain the
possible causes before giving potential safeguards, it raises the knowledge and awareness
of operators to the dangers involved with the start-up and shutdown of process units,
enabling them to spot hazards before accidents occur. The book concludes with a self-test
section allowing readers to test their understanding of the information presented. An excellent
introduction to the topic for students.
 
 
                          Control of Work
            Price: £22.00      ISBN: 0852954999
 
Control of Work proposes a formal approach to manage work-related risks
through a Control of Work Standard - a procedural form of control, consisting
of 12 elements. The standard, developed by BP, covers contruction, maintenance,
demolition, re-mediation and other aspects of safety control, reducing the risks
workers in the oil and chemical industries are exposed to, as well as serving to
decrease the potential harm to third parties. The guide explains the 12 steps in
detail and comes complete with user-friendly instructions, clear illustrations and examples of
previous incidents.
 
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