Analysis of management actions, human behavior, and process reliability in chemical plants. I. Impact of management actions

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-14

  Meel, Anjana ^a   Seider, Warren D ^a   Oktem, Ulku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human behavior; Management actions; Process reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL PLANT SAFETY; PROCESS RELIABILITY; QUANTITATIVE SAFETY ANALYSES;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PLANTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 40749128880     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10224     Document Type: Article

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