Why are major accidents still occurring?

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 253-257

  Silva, Elisio Carvalho ^a  

^a ECS Consultorias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

hazards evaluation; incident investigations; safety management; training

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; INCIDENT INVESTIGATION; INDEPENDENT PROTECTION LAYERS; MAJOR ACCIDENTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84981262644     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.11795     Document Type: Article

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