Process industry accidents in Sri Lanka: Analysis and basic lessons learnt

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 421-426

  Gunasekera, M Y ^a   de Alwis, A A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Accident; Database; Process industry; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRY; MAINTENANCE; REPAIR; UNLOADING;

ANALYSIS RESULTS; AREAS OF CONCERNS; CHEMICAL RELEASES; DATABASE; HUMAN FAILURES; LESSONS LEARNT; OPERATING PROCESSES; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; PROCESS INDUSTRY; PROCESSING OPERATIONS; REPAIR AND MAINTENANCES; REPAIR WROUGHT; ROOT CAUSES; SAFETY MANAGEMENTS; SRI LANKA;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 54149108014     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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