Accidents, often the result of an 'uncontrolled business process' - A study in the (Dutch) chemical industry

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-196

  Sonnemans, Peter J M ^a   Körvers, Patrick M W ^a,b   Brombacher, Aarnout C ^a   Van Seek, Pieter C ^b   Reinders, Johan E A ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Control loop; Safety

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0038606855     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.527     Document Type: Article

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