Application of chain of events analysis to process safety management

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-135

  Triplett, Timothy L ^a   Zhou, Yifeng ^b   Mannan, M Sam ^b  

^a Coherent Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal situation management; Chain of events anlaysis; Process control system; Process safety; Safety instrumented system

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; MAINTAINABILITY; PROCESS CONTROL;

PROCESS DEVIATIONS; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS (SIS); SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; PROCESS CONTROL; SAFETY;

EID: 4544361905     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10026     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Health and Safety Executive, Out of control: why control systems go wrong and how to prevent failure, HMSO, London, 1995.
2. T. Kletz, "Some incidents that have occurred, mainly in computer-controlled process plants," Computer control and human error, T. Kletz (Editor), Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby, UK, 1995.
3. U.S. Patent No. 6,529,781.