Maintenance-related major accidents: Classification of causes and case study

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1060-1070

  Okoh, Peter ^a   Haugen, Stein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemical process; Classification; Hydrocarbon; Maintenance; Major accident; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISASTERS; HYDROCARBONS; MAINTENANCE; OIL SPILLS; RISKS;

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; FLIXBOROUGH DISASTER; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MAJOR ACCIDENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84891722192     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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