Consulting Team Bio

Bryan Haywood, M.S.
Founder & CEO

Bryan Haywood is a recognized authority in chemical process safety, occupational health & safety (OHS), and emergency response with over 30 years of hands-on experience. He began his career as a firefighter/EMT while earning his BS in Occupational Safety and Health from Murray State University. He later received a Master’s in Safety Engineering (1996), completed General Electric’s prestigious Management Development Institute at Crotonville (2000), and achieved Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt certifications (2002).

Throughout his career, Bryan has developed, implemented, and managed comprehensive safety management systems for multiple Fortune 500 companies subject to OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard and EPA’s Risk Management Plan (RMP). Four of these programs achieved prestigious OSHA VPP STAR status, and he has, as a consultant, guided numerous additional sites to VPP designation. He has held progressive roles—from Safety Engineer to Corporate Safety & Health Manager—in the chemical and semiconductor industries with organizations including Westvaco, Great Lakes Chemical, General Electric Plastics, BFGoodrich Specialty Chemicals, and SUMCO Corporation.

Core Expertise in Chemical Process Safety

Bryan specializes in high-risk industries and chemical process safety consulting and delivers practical, high-impact solutions in the following areas:

• Development and implementation of full PSM/RMP management systems
• Facilitation of Process Hazards Analyses (PHA)
• Mechanical Integrity Programs
• Operating Procedures
• Safe Work Practices (Hot Work, Permit-Required Confined Spaces, Line Break, Permit-to-Work, LOTO, PPE, Respiratory Protection, etc.)
• Incident Investigation (procedures + SME support for critical events)
• Process Safety and Safe Work Practices Training (1-day overview, 3-day intermediate, and 5-day advanced courses)
• PSM/RMP and OHS Auditing
• Emergency Response Planning and HAZMAT Training
• Implementation of RAGAGEPs (NFPA, ASME, API, ANSI, Cl2 Institute, International Fire Code, NBIC, and many others)
• SME on IFC (Chapters 50-61)

He also brings deep expertise in emergency preparedness and response, including industrial fire brigades, HAZMAT, confined-space rescue, high-angle rescue, fire-water/foam systems, flammable liquids/gases, and combustible dust. Bryan has accumulated over 6,000 hours of specialized training from premier institutions, including Texas A&M’s National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, Louisiana State University Fire & Emergency Training Institute, the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy, and others. He shares these decades of private-industry and public-sector experience through SAFTENG’s globally delivered emergency response training courses.

SAFTENG.net – A Global Safety Resource Bryan founded in 1994, and leads today
A world-renowned safety consulting practice and educational platform. The site receives over 5 million visits annually and serves more than 30,000 safety professionals across 70+ countries. Over 100 leading companies maintain Corporate Memberships to provide their teams access to its extensive library of real-world safety photos, training presentations, procedures, the Daily Incident Alerts Database, and 12,000+ technical articles. Regulatory bodies worldwide — including OSHA, NIOSH, EPA, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), UK HSE, Australia’s WorkSafe Victoria, and British Columbia’s WorkSafe — regularly reference and utilize Bryan’s work.

Teaching, Leadership & Industry Influence
Bryan served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Cincinnati’s Fire Science Program (2007–2017), teaching Safety Management and Emergency Management. He is a former Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) and a current member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He taught ASSP’s Process Safety courses for many years and regularly presented at major safety conferences on topics including Process Safety, Permit-Required Confined Spaces, LOTO, Safe Work Permitting, Contractor Safety, and Leading Safety Metrics. He actively contributes to the development of industry standards through groups such as the Chlorine Institute, ASME, AIChE’s Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), IIAR, and ASSP.

Recognized Contributions

Bryan’s practical insights and case studies have been featured in numerous influential publications, CSB investigation reports, books (including CCPS’s Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, Third Edition and Roy E. Sanders’ Chemical Process Safety), technical journals, and industry guidelines.

1. Hazards of Nitrogen Asphyxiation, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), 2003, Hazard Investigation Safety Bulletin No. 2003-10-B
2. Lockout/Tagout in Process Heating, March 2003
3. High-Pressure Injection Injuries, Firehouse®, Ron Moore, a contributing editor, September 2003
4. Inerting for Explosion Prevention, Walt Frank, P.E., 2004
5. Preliminary investigation into the fall-arresting effectiveness of ladder safety hoops, Health and Safety Executive, 2004
6. Operating Experience Summary, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environment, Safety and Health, OE Summary 2006-07, June 16, 2006
7. Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, Third Edition, American Institute of Chemical Engineers—Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), 2008
8. Learning from incidents: A practical application; Process Safety Progress, an AICHE publication; Trish Kerin, December 2008
9. HUMAN FACTORS BRIEFING NOTE No. 12, Human error and non-compliance, Energy Institute, 2011
10. How Risk Assessment Fails — Again, This time at DuPont, Doug Nix, September 2011
11. HUMAN FACTORS BRIEFING NOTE No. 12, Human error and non-compliance, Energy Institute, 2011
12. The Safety Professional’s Role: In Support of Industrial Facilities Operations and Maintenance (O&M), December 2013, by Edward Tokarski
13. Construction Killing Conditions, TJ Lyons, December 1, 2013
14. The Safety Professional’s Role: In Support of Industrial Facilities Operations and Maintenance, December 27, 2013, Edward Tokarski
15. Important Information Regarding Bleach and FR Clothing, Tyndale USA, January 17, 2014
16. Keep a sense of vulnerability for safety sake: seven recommendations for keeping a sense of vulnerability at your chemical processing or refining site; Roy E. Sanders, Chemical Process Safety (Fourth Edition), 2015
17. Chemical Process Safety, Learning from Case Histories, Fourth Edition, August 2015, by Roy E. Sanders
18. Implementing Process Safety Management for Ammonia Refrigeration, Second Edition, 2015
19. IDEM’s REPORT OF ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK RULES AND REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO SEA 312, November 2015
20. U.S. National Poultry Research Center’s Safety & Health Newsletter, Volume 5, November 2015
21. Worker Safety: Stimulate a Sense of Vulnerability – Take seven steps to combat complacency that can compromise process safety, Roy E. Sanders, October 2015
22. Chemical Process Safety Fundamentals with Applications Solution manual, IChemE Safety Centre, 2016 featured my technical article The fundamentals behind “line breaking” 
23. Williams Olefins Case Study, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), 2016
24. Review of Global Regulations for Anhydrous Ammonia Production, Use, and Storage, SYMPOSIUM SERIES NO 161 HAZARDS 26, IChem 2016 (Exponent Inc.)
    
25. ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Safety Bulletin, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), 2017
26. Non-Condensable Gas System Explosion at PCA DeRidder Paper Mill Investigation Report, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), 2018 
27. The Use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as a Fuel for Commercial Vehicles in Ghana, Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 29(2): 1-8, 2018; Article no. CJAST.41531 (Past name: British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, Past ISSN: 2231-0843, NLM ID: 101664541)
28. Process Safety Management: Optimized Models Influenced by Organization Culture, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Taehoon Lee, 2018
29. Managing Employee Participation based on OSHA’s Process Safety Management Requirements, Noor Diana Abdul Majid, Dzulkarnain Zaini and Azmi Mohd Shariff; Centre of Advanced Process Safety (CAPS) 2018, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
30. Occupational deaths from Similar Causes; Why?; Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2019
31. Hot Work Dangers and Safety Measures, PetroHab, Samer Al-Azem, 8/2019
32. Is an Ammonia Evaporative Condenser a Permit-Required Confined Space, Condenser, February 2020
33. F-Gases: Trends, Applications and Newly Applied Gases in the Czech Republic, April 2020, Markéta Müllerová, Eva Krtková, and Zuzana Rošková, Atmosphere, EISSN 2073-4433, Published by MDPI AG; 2020
34. Evaluating Your Ammonia Refrigeration System to determine if certain equipment is a Permit-Required Confined Space, Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association (RETA 2020) Conference
35. Hand Sanitizers – What You Need to Know, Independent Suppliers Group, Frank Hoard, Director – Facility Supply Channel, 2020
36. Hot Work at Senior Living Communities: Protect Property and Lives, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, January 2021
37. Refinery Explosion Analysis – Chevron Pembroke Amine regeneration unit explosion; May 2020; Przemyslaw Mamon, University College Cork
38. Fire During Hot Work at Evergreen Packaging Paper Mill Incident Brief, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), 2021
39. Drone-Assisted Confined Space Inspection and Stockpile Volume Estimation; Ahmad Alsayed, Akilu Yunusa-Kaltungo, Mark K. Quinn, Farshad Arvin, and Mostafa R. A. Nabawy;
    Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 3BB, UK
40. Fatal Acid Release at LyondellBasell La Porte Complex in La Porte, Texas, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), 2023
41. Study Of The Effectiveness Of Training Occupational Safety Workers, Евгений БояровЕвгений Бояров, 2019, The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioral Sciences

42. A comprehensive risk assessment method for hot work in underground mines based on G1-EWM and unascertained measure theory, Xiaoqiang DingXin TianJinhui Wang, March 2024

43. Identification and Prioritization of the Criteria Affecting the Performance of the Permit-to-Work System in an Oil Refinery using a Fuzzy Delphi Method and Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process, seyed abolfazl Zakerian, 2021

44. The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Job Stress with Safety Behavior among Work Permit Issuers in One of the Oil Industries, Shahram VosoughiMojtaba DavariHossein EbrahimiJamile AbolghasemiMorteza Talebi, 2022

45. Hot work: Keep your building, workers and visitors safe, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, 2025
46. Occupational deaths from Similar Causes: Why?, Conference: SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition, August 2019
47. How Risk Assessment Fails — Again. This time at DuPont, Douglas Nix, August 31st, 2022
48. Recent research activities on ammonia at HSE Science Division, UK’s HSE, 2024
49. Combustion: From Basics to Applications, Maximilian Lackner, Árpád B. Palotás, Franz Winter, 2013
50. What Is Conductive Flooring? How Is It Different from Anti-Static?, Production Automation Corporation, 2015

See our Testimonials and Client Feedback to see what clients and former employers say about Bryan’s safety knowledge, abilities, and passion for protecting workers.

DENNIS A. COLLINS

Senior Safety Engineer

Assistant Area Director (retired)

OSHA Cincinnati Area Office, Region V

Dennis has over 39 years experience in the safety field, having worked for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from 1972 until 2006.  In his time with OSHA, Dennis spent 25 years as a Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CSHO) and 8 years as the Assistant Area Director of the Cincinnati Area Office – Region V.   As the Assistant Area Director of the Cincinnati Area Office, Dennis had first level supervisory responsibilities over the CSHO’s in the discharge of their duties, as well as conducting compliance inspections for Region V.  Dennis also was directly involved in the following areas as the A.D.:

• Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) assessments and approving certifications
• Targeted Inspection Programs
• Team Leader on over 70 fatality investigations and participated in hundreds more
• Lead Informal Conferences with employers
• Negotiated settlement agreements with employers
• Team Leader on Chemical Special Emphasis Inspection Program in Region V
• Team Leader on Petro Chemical Special Emphasis Inspection Program in Region V

As a CSHO for 25 years, Dennis conducted over 1,500 of wall-to-wall OSHA compliance audits, as well as OSHA’s targeted inspections and investigated employee safety and health complaints.

 Over his 34 years with OSHA, Dennis became an OSHA resource for all regions in the general industry standards and their applicability to all types of work environments. Although Dennis has expertise in all general industry compliance matters, Dennis’s true expertise lies in Lockout/Tagout, Confined Spaces, Machine Guarding, Emergency Egress, Fire Protection, and Flammable Liquids.

 Over his 39-year career, Dennis graduated from Miami University with BS in History & Political Science and went on to complete Graduate Programs in Environmental Health & Safety Management at the University of Cincinnati.  Dennis also attended numerous training courses through OSHA and in the civilian sector.

Gurmukh Bhatia

Chemical Engineer

Gurmukh (pronounced Ger-Mook) is a recently retired chemical engineer from a Fortune 500 Company with an international presence in over 125 countries, where he most recently held the position as Corporate Director, Process Safety & Chemical Security.  In his 45+ year career, Gurmukh has executed all aspects of plant operations and design engineering; managed projects; built and enhanced global process safety programs; and developed and delivered global training programs.

He is passionate about

• Process Safety Auditing (Certified Process Safety Auditor (CPSA) by the Board of EHS Auditor Certifications (BEAC)
• Establishing PSM programs followed by training, mentoring, coaching
• Developing and implementing Management of Change processes
• Motivating key people to implement process safety principles – “It is the right thing to do and it makes good business sense.”

He is proficient at effecting

• Simplifying complex concepts through training, mentoring, coaching
• Hazard and Operability Analyses (HAZOP) – facilitation and training.
• Chemical Safety & Security (CFATS) – common sense compliance.
• Flammable & combustible liquids – Safe storage, handling, and review of hazardous areas.
• Programs to assure vessel mechanical integrity and safe corrosive materials handling.
• Chemical design engineering and process engineering.
• Client use of Microsoft Office tools, PSM and enterprise risk management tools.

What he can do for you

• Provide PSM compliance auditing services.
• Build an OSHA compliant PSM program or enhance an existing one.
• Develop a robust Management of Change tool that meets the requirements of OSHA’s PSM Standard.
• Assist with the developing a mechanical integrity program compliant with OSHA’s PSM Standard.
• Provide training and mentoring so that the PSM program, the Management of Change tool, and the mechanical integrity program are sustained by practitioners at the facility.

Gurmukh and I have worked together for 15+ years in the process safety arena.  He is one of my “go to” engineers when I needed expert engineering advice in matters related to process safety.   He is also starting his own consulting buisness, so feel free to contact him directly if you prefer:

RISK & PROCESS SAFETY CONSULTING (RPSC LLC)
+1 (234) 263-7890
[email protected]