Harnessing database resources for understanding the profile of chemical process industry incidents

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 549-560

  Prem, Katherine P ^a   Ng, Dedy ^a   Mannan, M Sam ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Frequency exceedance curves; HSEES; Lagging indicators; RMP; Safety pyramids

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY EXCEEDANCE CURVES; HSEES; LAGGING INDICATORS; RMP; SAFETY PYRAMIDS;

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROXIMITY INDICATORS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 77955689112     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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