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The Flixborough explosion on June 1, 1974, was a catastrophic incident where several mechanical integrity failures were identified as a critical factor. When reading the lessons learned, this incident can make us question whether it's time to reevaluate our own mechanical integrity procedures.

Mechanical failures happen often, and they can have terrible results — fires, toxic chemical releases, and worst of all, fatal injuries. Unfortunately, the most common root cause of major chemical incidents is equipment integrity failure. When these catastrophic incidents occur, they raise all sorts of questions for facility operators. EHS professionals instinctively recognize that there was some sort of breakdown in their mechanical integrity management program.

Read this newsletter by Katherine Anderson, CCPSC, Dianne Coon, CSP, and Pamela Nelson, CCPSC, for a look at the top challenges of mechanical integrity and practical steps you can take to ensure mechanical integrity safety at your facility by:

• Encouraging Knowledge Sharing
• Using Quality Software
• Implementing Training

Bonus!

This newsletter also includes access to a 26-minute presentation by Neil Prophet on the top challenges of mechanical integrity for the chemical and oil & gas industries. He then demonstrates how the Process Safety Enterprise^® platform enhances PSI management and employee communication between all facilities, increasing efficiency.

Process Safety Information (PSI) is often inaccurate, out-of-date, or stuck in a filing cabinet and not readily available, yet it is a cornerstone of process safety management systems. Included here are a few questions our team has answered relating to the PSI struggle that might be of interest to you, too.

Have a great and safe day.

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