The development of an inherent safety approach to the prevention of domino accidents

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1216-1227

  Cozzani, Valerio ^a   Tugnoli, Alessandro ^a   Salzano, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domino effect; Escalation; Hazard index; Inherent safety; Safety distances

Indexed keywords

DOMINO EFFECT; ESCALATION; HAZARD INDEX; INHERENT SAFETY; SAFETY DISTANCES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; HAZARDS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FIRE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FIRES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349759101     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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