Two centuries of process safety at DuPont

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-122

  Klein, James A ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Process safety; PSM; Safety history

Indexed keywords

CORE VALUES; PROCESS SAFETY; PSM; SAFETY HISTORY; SERIOUS INJURIES;

PULSE MODULATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 67149084545     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10309     Document Type: Article

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