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title: Refinery Safety Depends on Educated, Empowered Employees
description: Refinery process gases can be highly volatile, so keeping them inside the system is critically important. Operators and employees must adhere to certain fundamentals of assembly and installation to ensure long-term reliability, leak resistance, and process safety. Believe it or not, most leaks are the result of human error before or during installation, or of poor system design—not of faulty parts.
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# [Refinery Safety Depends on Educated, Empowered Employees](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/refinery-safety-depends-on-educated-empowered-employees)

 Written by [Jeff Hopkins](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/author/jeff-hopkins) | 11/7/19 5:00 PM

Refinery process gases can be highly volatile, so keeping them inside the system is critically important. Operators and employees must adhere to certain fundamentals of assembly and installation to ensure long-term reliability, leak resistance, and process safety. Believe it or not, **most leaks are the result of human error** before or during installation, or of poor system design—not of faulty parts.

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