Villains, victims, and heroes: Accounting for the roles human activity plays in LOPA scenarios

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 256-262

  Schmidt, Michael S ^a,b  

^a Bluefield Process Safety LLC   (United States)

^b University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative control; Human error; IPL; LOPA; Process risk

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FENCES;

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS; HUMAN ERRORS; IPL; LOPA; PROCESS RISKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84903764083     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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