Safety Margin

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Safety Margin is Cognascents' podcast for engineers and operators responsible for process safety, asset integrity, and operations across the energy, petrochemical, LNG, and specialty chemical industries. From improving mechanical integrity programs and managing process safety risks to understanding where AI can deliver real value, Safety Margin helps listeners learn how their peers are solving problems, applying best practices, and building safer, more reliable facilities.

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    Safety Margin EP1 - Are Process Safety Incidents Actually Getting Worse?

    Are process safety incidents actually getting worse, or are we just seeing more of them? The debut episode of Safety Margin opens with a fatal January 2026 H2S incident at a Maine pulp mill, then digs into conflicting data on whether the industry is slipping. Hosts John Perez (founder of Cognascents, chemical engineer), Justin Daruud (asset integrity, reliability & AI director, mechanical engineer), and John King (API 510 pressure vessel inspector) also break down what AI really means for engineering—chatbots vs. deterministic workflows, hallucinations, and the "golden thread" of auditability—before closing with a fun take on medieval armor as the original asset integrity program. Timestamps: (00:00) Cold Open: A Refinery "Graveyard" Story (01:08) Are Process Safety Incidents Getting Worse? (02:46) What "Safety Margin" Means + Meet the Hosts (06:39) Why We Started This Podcast & Safety's Social Contract (12:36) Are Incidents Actually Increasing? The Data (14:00) Philadelphia Refinery Explosion (2019) & Piping (16:20) Data Centers, Energy Demand, Cutting Corners (19:23) EPA & CSB Numbers, Biases & Lost Expertise (24:00) AI in Process Safety: Adopters vs. Skeptics (27:19) How LLMs, RAG & Agentic AI Actually Work (32:37) Comparing AI Models & Their Vulnerabilities (37:55) The "Golden Thread": Auditability & Human Oversight (40:29) Fun Segment: Medieval Armor as Asset Integrity (45:05) Shout-Outs, Rapid Fire, Wrap-Up Learn more at https://cognascents.com/

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Safety Margin is Cognascents' podcast for engineers and operators responsible for process safety, asset integrity, and operations across the energy, petrochemical, LNG, and specialty chemical industries. From improving mechanical integrity programs and managing process safety risks to understanding where AI can deliver real value, Safety Margin helps listeners learn how their peers are solving problems, applying best practices, and building safer, more reliable facilities.

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  • Creator
    Cognascents Consulting Group
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Cognascents Consulting Group
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