Chemical Engineering 4980W, Process Synthesis and Design: Process Safety & Heatlh

Websites

• University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE)

Newsletters

• SAChE News: Safety and Chemical Engineering Education
  (Membership required for access to most recent year)

Texts on Chemical Process Safety

• Chemical Process Safety
  Presents the important technical fundamentals of chemical process safety.  Requires a significant quantity of fundamental knowledge and technology.
  ENGR TP 157 .C414 2010

• Inherently Safer Chemical Processes
  Published for the Center for Chemical Process Safety, this text reviews design strategies.
  ENGR BOOKS TP149 .I47 1996

• Environmental, Health, and Safety Portable Handbook
  Published for the Center for Chemical Process Safety, this text reviews design strategies.
  ENGR TD145 .W6697 1998

• What Went Wrong?
  Case histories of process plant disasters.
  ENGR TP155.5 .K54 1998 - on ENGR Reserve
   

Chemicals and Hazardous Materials Data

• Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials(print copy)
  Provides hazard information for over 15,500 materials and includes chemical and physical properties.
  ENGR Reference T55.3.H3 S3 2004 1-3

• Risk Management for Hazardous Chemicals (print copy)
  ENGR BOOKS T55.3.H3 V55 1997
  Profiles of chemicals and information on their risks to health, environment, and business operations.

• Safe Handling of Chemicals in Industry
  ENGR BOOKS RT55.3.H3 C37 1988 v.3
  Overviews of safety issues in handling chemicals. Includes a substantial chapter on safety in chemical and process plant design and operation.

• Materials Safety Data Sheets