Inherent occupational health assessment during preliminary design stage

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 476-482

  Hassim, Mimi H ^a,b   Hurme, Markku ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Flow sheet diagram; Health risk; Inherent safety; Process design; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PROCESS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; DESIGN PHASIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FLOW SHEET; FLOW SHEET DIAGRAM; FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; INHERENT SAFETY; METHYL METHACRYLATES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; PROCESS DATA; PROCESS ROUTE; RISK LEVELS; SIMPLE APPROACH; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; DESIGN; ESTERS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PROCESS DESIGN; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950948828     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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