Safety matrix chemical engineer

The Reactive Chemicals Program is an important element in Dow s safety matrix. The research role includes support of the Reactive Chemicals Program, as well as maintaining location reactive chemicals programs within the research organization. The engineer selecting equipment and... 

The chapter, Safety Matrix People Applying Technology to Yield Safe Chemical Plants and Products by Davis of Dow Chemical, is concerned with protecting and improving safety in chemical plants. Dow Chemical has dramatically improved its safety record and seized a leadership position among chemical companies in the past decade. This improvement is not an accident, but the result of a dedicated attitude and systemic application that should be exported to the entire chemical industry. The lessons here would make us all winners and demonstrate that the chemical engineers are the solutions rather than the problems. 

The impact of the matrix on safety in industry shows up most clearly in an examination of the roles of the basic industrial functions research, engineering and operations, and marketing. The effective interaction of these functions is absolutely essential to chemical plant safety and loss prevention. 

The matrix is truly interfunctional manufacturing and marketing provide the real-world experience to help determine exactly what knowledge research should investigate and how engineering should design for it. The environment, health, safety, and loss prevention performance of the chemical industry reflects the effectiveness with which the functional elements of the matrix interact. 

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