Process Safety Progress, Vol.35, No.1, 32-35, 2016
History of the loss prevention symposium: The first 50 years-"there are no secrets in safety"
This article presents a short history of the AIChE Loss Prevention Symposium (LPS) from its founding in 1967 to the present. The article gives the reader a general understanding of the development of the LPS along with published references to more detailed accounts of various aspects of the history of process safety efforts in the United States. (c) 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers