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Book SynopsisThe tragic incident at Bhopal, India made it clear that safetyreviews for identification and control of accidents involving toxicchemicals must be more systematic. This guide shows how tointegrate hazard identification, risk assessment, consequenceanalysis, and risk mitigation into a formalized program forhandling hazardous chemicals. Most of the 21 contributors aresenior staff members at Stone & Webster EngineeringCorporation. They discuss how to perform and supervise safetystudies for chemical, petrochemical, petroleum refining, and otherfacilities. They discuss all aspects of detection, prevention, andmitigation of risks associated with processing, handling, andproduction of hazardous chemicals. Special attention is given tohazard identification and hazard assessment techniques ranging fromsimple screening checklists to highly structured Hazard andOperability (HAZOP) analysis. You''re shown how to calculatepotential consequences of identified hazards, quantify thelikelihood of these
Table of ContentsRisk Management Programs (R. Myers, et al.).
Screening Analysis Techniques (M. Sawyer, et al.).
Checklist Reviews (R. Hessian & J. Rubin).
Preliminary Hazards Analysis (R. Hessian & J. Rubin).
Safety Audits (R. Hessian & J. Rubin).
WHAT-IF Analysis (W. Doerr).
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (R. O'Mara).
Hazard and Operability Studies (R. Sherrod & W. Early).
Fault Tree and Event Tree Analysis (H. Greenberg & B.Salter).
Chemical Plume Dispersion Analysis (S. Vigeant).
Explosion and Fire Analysis (F. Elia).
Assessment of Health Effects from Chemical Releases (B. Waterhouse,et al.).
Quantified Risk Assessment (R. O'Mara, et al.).
Calculation of Human Reliability (R. O'Mara).
Training for Industrial Facilities (R. Myers & D.Finley).
Emergency Preparedness (C. Burns & P. Armenante).
Risk Financing (M. Natale).
Computer Techniques (K. Reinschmidt).
Directions in Legislation and Regulation (J. Cramer).
Acronyms.
Index.
