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3 days ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, you learn early everything that put the city on the map. Two local cartoonists, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, gave the world Superman. The city pioneered traffic safety with the world's first electric signal in 1914, forever changing how streets operate. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame calls Cleveland home, as does the house from "A Christmas Story," where the warning "You'll shoot your eye out" is synonymous with Red Ryder BB guns.
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1 week ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
In this episode, Traci and Dave discuss the importance of practice in operator training programs. Practice is often overlooked despite being crucial. Realistic scenarios that mimic real-world conditions, including time constraints and environmental challenges, are beneficial to anchoring lessons learned. Feedback loops are also necessary to evaluate individual performance and improve training programs.
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1 week ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
In this episode, Trish and Traci discuss two major BP incidents: the 2005 Texas City Refinery explosion that killed 15 workers when an overfilled tower created a geyser of hot raffinate that ignited, and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers and caused the largest U.S. marine oil spill when cement failed to properly seal a well. Key factors included faulty equipment, misleading indicators, inappropriate safety messaging and failure to learn from near-misses.
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2 weeks ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
Asset ManagementEconomicsWhat’s Going On? Tariffs, Tariffs and More TariffsIndustry experts examine the opportunities and challenges of how the recently imposed tariffs will impact manufacturing, pharmaceutical, water/wastewater and oil and gas industries.
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3 weeks ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
HomeSlideshow: What Topped Reading Lists in March 2025? OSHA, automation, equipment selection and celebrating Kevlar are among the topics readers enjoyed this month.
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4 weeks ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
Industry NewsWhat’s Going On? Taylor Swift on Industrial AI, RMP at Risk, Oil Inventories and Stuff that Trump SaysChemical safety, biotech tariffs, oil inventories and 3D printing face challenges and changes. Editor’s note: Welcome to What’s Going On? This is a quick look at news impacting the chemical industry from the lens of outside sources, including our parent company Endeavor Business Media’s many brands.
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1 month ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
Environmental ProtectionWhat’s Going On? Water Scarcity, Tariff Hopes and Controversial Cleanup at BhopalFellow Endeavor Business Media editors cover topics germane to Chemical Processing, and a CP source sounds off on incinerating Bhopal’s toxic waste. Editor’s note: Welcome to What’s Going On? This is a quick look at news impacting the chemical industry from the lens of outside sources, including our parent company Endeavor Business Media’s many brands.
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1 month ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
TranscriptTraci: Welcome to the Operator Training Edition of Chemical Processing's Distilled Podcast. This podcast and its transcript can be found at ChemicalProcessing.com. You can also download this podcast on your favorite player. My name is Traci Purdum, and I'm the Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Processing. And joining me once again is Dave Strobhar, Founder and Principal Human Factors Engineer for Beville Engineering. Dave is also the founder of the Center for Operator Performance.
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1 month ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
Asset ManagementEconomicsWhat’s Going On? Politics, Tariffs, Regulations and BeerPolicies shift as decarbonization, tariffs and oil demand reshape industries. Cheers!Editor’s note: Welcome to What’s Going On? This is a quick look at news impacting the chemical industry from the lens of outside sources, including our parent company Endeavor Business Media’s many brands.
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1 month ago | 
chemicalprocessing.com | Traci Purdum
Asset ManagementSustainabilityEPA, Lawmakers Reconsider Chemical Reviews Amid Spending ScrutinyEPA launches rulemaking to streamline chemical reviews, promising to protect health, while Congress looks to remove EPA restrictions on new chemicals and the EPA’s spending faces greater oversight from DOGE. On March 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to reconsider the regulation governing the review of chemicals already in commerce.
