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The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium is a group of leading companies and universities involved with process industries that have jointly invested in research and development to create knowledge, tools and products designed to prevent, detect and mitigate abnormal situations that affect process safety in the control operations environment.
According to ARC Process Safety Worldwide Outlook – Market Analysis and forecast through 2014 -"Honeywell's commitment to plant operational safety extends beyond the confines of traditional safety system boundaries. Honeywell continues its leadership in the Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) consortium. ASM related products and services include User Alert, Asset Manager, Alarm Configuration Manager, Alarm Management, Event Analyst, Operations Management Pro, and Early Event Detection to prevent incidents from occurring in the first place. Honeywell's leadership position in process control for oil & gas, refining, and petrochemical industries allows them to leverage their safety systems sales in those areas."
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URL: Worker killed at BHP site in Texas
Notes: May 8- A contractor was killed on a BHP Billiton location in the Eagle Ford shale in south Texas on Monday, the Australian mining conglomerate said.
PublicationSource: Upstream
Publication Date: 5/8/2013
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URL: Y-12 worker suffered chemical burns in accident
Notes: May 7- A Y-12 worker received chemical burns to his face and eyelids while checking a problem with a system in the nuclear weapons plant’s Beta-2 facility.
PublicationSource: oakridger.com
Publication Date: 5/7/2013
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URL: Okla. plant explosion causes school evacuations
Notes: May 7, EUFAULA, Okla. – An explosion evacuated two schools in Eufaula Tuesday.
PublicationSource: kfor.com
Publication Date: 5/7/2013
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URL: Fire, explosion rocks Chemplex plant
Notes: May 7- With images of a deadly explosion in West still fresh in their minds, Breckenridge residents watched as dark smoke billowed following a mild explosion at a chemical plant south of town Monday.
PublicationSource: breckenridgeamerican.com
Publication Date: 5/7/2013
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URL: Fire forces workers to evacuate Elkhart factory
Notes: May 7, ELKHART – An Elkhart business was evacuated on Tuesday after a report of a tank on fire at the plant.
PublicationSource: wsbt.com
Publication Date: 5/7/2013
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URL: Workers evacuated after factory tank overheats
Notes: May 7- WORKERS were evacuated from a factory after a tank became overheated.
PublicationSource: Daily Post
Publication Date: 5/7/2013
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URL: UPDATE 3-Two Denbury Resources crude oil tanks on fire in Louisiana
Notes: May 3, NEW YORK, - Two crude oil storage tanks were on fire Friday at a Denbury Resources Inc facility in Denham Springs, Louisiana, after an explosion in one of the tanks on Thursday night, according to company, state and parish officials.
PublicationSource: Reuters
Publication Date: 5/3/2013
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URL: Refinery leakage kills 1 in Jeddah
Notes: May 7, DHAHRAN — One person has been killed in a gas leakage accident in Saudi Aramco’s Jeddah refinery, reported Saudi Press Agency on Monday.
PublicationSource: Saudi Gazzette
Publication Date: 5/7/2013
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URL: Firefighters extinguish blaze at Deseret Industries plant
Notes: May 2, SALT LAKE CITY — A two-alarm fire at a Deseret Industries Manufacturing plant Thursday morning created a lot of smoke but did not result in any injuries.
PublicationSource: Desert News
Publication Date: 5/2/2013
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URL: Older Corpus Christi wastewater treatment plant has fire Thursday
Notes: May 2, CORPUS CHRISTI — A fire broke out at Broadway Wastewater Treatment plant in the 1400 block of Upper Broadway Street Thursday morning.
PublicationSource: caller.com
Publication Date: 5/2/2013
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URL: Factory evacuated after chemical spill near Philly
Notes: May 2- Officials say an unknown chemical spilled at plant in suburban Philadelphia, prompting employees to be evacuated. No injuries are being reported.
PublicationSource: Times Online
Publication Date: 5/2/2013
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URL: Shell: Pernis Refinery Fire Extinguished; Limited Effect on Operations
Notes: May 2- Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) Thursday said it had put out a fire caused by a "tube burst" at its Netherlands refinery.
PublicationSource: Fox Business
Publication Date: 5/2/2013
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URL: Fire at Formosa Plastics plant in South Texas leaves 14 hurt, unit closed amid investigation
Notes: May 3, POINT COMFORT, Texas — A fire at a South Texas petrochemical plant has left 14 workers hurt — including two critically — and the ethylene purification area shut down.
PublicationSource: The Republic
Publication Date: 5/3/2013
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URL: Florida Firefighters Extinguish Mitsubishi Plant Fire
Notes: May 3--An early morning blaze at an Orlando Mitsubishi plant has been extinguished, according to Orange County Fire Rescue.
PublicationSource: Firehouse
Publication Date: 5/3/2013
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URL: Fire accident at Hatsun Agro Salem Plant
Notes: May 1- Hatsun Agro Product Ltd has informed BSE that there was a fire accident at the Company's Salem Plant on May 01, 2013 night.
PublicationSource: Moneycontrol.com
Publication Date: 5/1/2013
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URL: Byron plant that caught fire faced previous OSHA fines and violations
Notes: May 3- WGXA has learned that a metal fabrications plant in Byron damaged by fire Thursday night has received previous violations and fines over fire-related issues.
PublicationSource: Newscentralga
Publication Date: 5/3/2013
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URL: Multiple fire crews sent to fire at Lawrenceburg glass plant; no one hurt
Notes: May 3, LAWRENCEBURG — A large pile of shredded glass and vinyl caught fire Friday afternoon at Dlubak Glass Co., a company that crushes broken automobile windshields for recycling.
PublicationSource: Kentucky
Publication Date: 5/3/2013
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URL: Fire erupts at Wrens storage tank
Notes: May 3, WRENS, Ga. — Firefighters from two stations responded Thursday to a small fire at Glit/Microtron in Wrens.
PublicationSource: The Augusta Chronicle
Publication Date: 5/3/2013
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URL: Three-Alarm Blaze Hits Calif. Paper Recycling Plant
Notes: May 3, SAN JOSE -- Stubbornly smoldering piles of paper and cardboard at a recycling plant threatened to keep firefighters camped overnight at the site next to Municipal Stadium, ...
PublicationSource: Firehouse
Publication Date: 5/3/2013
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URL: Shell extinguishes fire after 'tube burst' at Pernis refinery in Netherlands
Notes: May 3- LONDON -- Shell said it had put out a fire caused by a "tube burst" at its Netherlands refinery.
PublicationSource: Hydrocarbon Processing.
Publication Date: 5/3/2013
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URL: No one injured in boiler explosion at southeast Iowa power plant; workers briefly evacuated
Notes: May 3, MONTPELIER, Iowa — The Muscatine County sheriff's office says there was an explosion at a power plant near Montpelier.
PublicationSource: The Republic
Publication Date: 5/3/2013
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URL: No injuries, evacuation for several hours after fire at Oregon automotive parts factory
Notes: May 4- An Oregon automotive materials factory was evacuated for several hours today when insulation caught fire in a machine that produces it.
PublicationSource: Toledo Blade
Publication Date: 5/4/2013
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URL: Fire at North Las Vegas Glass Plant
Notes: May 6- NORTH LAS VEGAS -- A two-alarm fire damaged a glass recycling plant in North Las Vegas early Sunday afternoon.
PublicationSource: 8newsnow.com
Publication Date: 5/6/2013
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URL: Fire in Argentina knocks out main refinery and imports of gasoline and diesel trebled
Notes: May 2- The level of imports was estimated at 140.000b/p/d in April which is three times the average of its purchases in the US during last year.
PublicationSource: MercoPress
Publication Date: 5/2/2013
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URL: Worker errors led to Ga. power plant explosion
Notes: May 2, ATLANTA (AP) — Employee errors led to an explosion that rocked Plant Bowen in northwest Georgia, according to a Georgia Power official.
PublicationSource: SFGate.com
Publication Date: 5/2/2013
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