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David K. Whittle
ABS Consulting
1-865-671-5819
DWhittle@absconsulting.com
David Whittle is the Director of Process Safety Services for ABS Consulting. During his 23 years in the industry, he has been involved in a broad range of process safety and risk management activities for domestic and international clients, including companies in the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, manufacturing, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and other allied industries.
Throughout his career with ABS Consulting (formerly JBF Associates, Inc.), Mr. Whittle has led, reviewed, participated in, and/or audited hundreds of process hazard analyses (PHAs) or PHA revalidations for a wide variety of industries using various hazard analysis techniques (hazard and operability [HAZOP] analysis, what-if/checklist analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, etc.). In addition, he has been involved in a broad range of process safety and risk management activities, including program assessment, development, implementation, and auditing. He was previously employed by Exxon Company, U.S.A., where he served in several technical capacities.
Mr. Whittle has coauthored several books and papers, including:
- Revalidating Process Hazard Analyses (published by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' [AIChE's] Center for Chemical Process Safety [CCPS])
- "Six Steps for Effectively Updating and Revalidating PHAs"
- "How to Effectively Revalidate PHAs"
- "Lessons Learned from HAZOP Analyses of HF Alkylation Units"
- "Lessons Learned from HAZOP Analyses of Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Units"
He was also a technical reviewer of Hazard Evaluation Procedures, Second Edition with Worked Examples, which was published by AIChE's CCPS and is referenced in Appendix D of OSHA's process safety management regulation (29 CFR 1910.119).
Mr. Whittle is an instructor for the following courses:
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