No good deed goes unpunished: Case studies of incidents and potential incidents caused by protective systems

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 132-139

  Dowell III, A M ^a   Hendershot, D C ^a  

^a ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL PLANTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; PROCESS CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS;

SAFETY DEVICES;

EID: 0031234329     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680160305     Document Type: Article

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