Guidelines for developing quantitative safety risk criteria

• Corporate Author: American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, ©2009.
• Subjects: Chemical plants > Accidents > Risk assessment.; Chemical industry > Accidents > Prevention.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781615833351; 1615833358; 9780470552933; 047055293X; 9780470552940; 0470552948; 9780470261408; 0470261404
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxv, 211 pages) : illustrations

Written by a committee of safety professionals, this book creates a foundation document for the development and application of risk tolerance criteria. It helps safety managers evaluate the frequency, severity and consequence of human injury ; Includes examples of risk tolerance criteria used by NAS...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Fundamental Concepts of Risk Assessment and Risk Criteria
• 3. Learning from Regulatory Precedents
• 4. Considerations in Developing Risk Criteria
• 5. Future Topics
• Appendix A. Understanding and Using F-N Diagrams
• Appendix B. Survey of Worldwide Risk Criteria Applications
• Appendix C. Development of Company Risk Criteria.