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Major process accidents: Their characteristics, assessment, and management of the associated risks
Author(s) -
Yang Ming
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
process safety progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1547-5913
pISSN - 1066-8527
DOI - 10.1002/prs.11931
Subject(s) - safer , process (computing) , risk analysis (engineering) , process safety , process safety management , engineering , work in process , event (particle physics) , risk management , work (physics) , risk assessment , forensic engineering , computer science , operations management , computer security , business , hazardous waste , mechanical engineering , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , waste management , operating system
Major process accidents continue to occur with the advancement of modern process systems. Major process accidents should not be viewed as Black Swan and can be predicted and prevented. This article investigates the characteristics of process accidents. Based on which, a method for the diagnosis and classification of accidents is proposed. The proposed tool is applied to the Bhopal accident and the swine flu event. The case studies verify the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed tool. To tackle major process accidents, conventional risk assessment, and management approaches are inapplicable without adaption. Enormous research work is needed to develop new generation of methods and tools that enable safer process systems and operations. Knowledge and technological gaps are identified in this perspective. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog 37: 268–275, 2018