The black swan: LOPA and inherent safety cannot prevent all rare and catastrophic incidents

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-203

  Murphy, John F ^a  

^a Process Safety Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Inherent safety; LOPA; Maintenance; Safeguards

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC INCIDENTS; INHERENT SAFETY; LAYER OF PROTECTION ANALYSIS; LOPA; LOW PROBABILITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 79961173673     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10462     Document Type: Article

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