Best practices in incident investigation in the chemical process industries with examples from the industry sector and specifically from Nova Chemicals

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 161-166

  Morrison, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a NOVA Chemicals Inc   (United States)

^b NOVA Chemicals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical process; Incident investigation; NOVA Chemicals; Process safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

CAUSAL FACTORS; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; INCIDENT ANALYSIS; NOVA CHEMICALS (CO);

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SAFETY;

ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOLLOW UP; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENCHMARKING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATA COLLECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042689176     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2004.02.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents, Center for Chemical Process Safety, 2003.
2. ISO/IEC Guide 51, Safety Aspects - Guidelines for their Inclusion in Standards, 2nd ed., 1999.
3. OSHA, Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, 29 CFR 1910.119, 1992.
4. EPA, Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs, Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7), 40 CFR Part 68, 1996.
5. T. Kletz, Organizations have no memory, in: Proceedings of the AIChE Loss Prevention Symposium, 1979.