The effectiveness of U.S. OSHA process safety management inspection - A preliminary quantitative evaluation

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-461

  Luo, Honghong ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic accident; Inspection effectiveness; Policy; Prevention; PSM standard enforcement

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INSPECTION; ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARDS; INSPECTION FREQUENCY; INSPECTION STRATEGY; NON-PARAMETRIC; POLICY MAKERS; PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RANK CORRELATION; RESOURCES ALLOCATION; ROOT CAUSE; STATISTICAL CORRELATION;

ACCIDENTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PULSE MODULATION; STANDARDS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

INSPECTION;

EID: 77951094119     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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