Development of a new chemical process-industry accident database to assist in past accident analysis

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-431

  Tauseef, S M ^a   Abbasi, Tasneem ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Accident database; Explosion; Fire; Past accident analysis; Toxic release

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY; GAINING INSIGHTS; INCIDENT DATA; LOSS OF CONTAINMENT; MAJOR ACCIDENTS; MAJOR HAZARDS; NATURAL DISASTERS; OPEN-SOURCE; PAST ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; REPORTING SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TOXIC RELEASE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISASTERS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SEARCH ENGINES;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 79956362825     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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