Liability and its influence on designing for product and process safety

Safety Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 11-30

  Baram, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Company design decisions; Safe design; Tort law and liability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS SAFETY; SAFE DESIGN;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPLOSION; FIRE; FLAMMABILITY; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; LAW; LEGAL LIABILITY; NEGLIGENCE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751325356     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.08.022     Document Type: Article

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