LOPA as practiced at a global manufacturing API facility

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-316

  Evenson, G ^a   Befus, S ^a   Dolfi, M ^a   Muir, A ^a   Pinho, D ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

LOPA; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL COMPONENT; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING; LAYER OF PROTECTION ANALYSIS; LOOK UP TABLE; LOPA; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-BASED MAINTENANCES; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED FUNCTION; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; TIME-CONSUMING TASKS;

RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70449093934     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10351     Document Type: Article

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