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Document ID (ISN)64654
CIS number 95-869
ISBN(s) 0-8169-0557-6
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
Title Tools for making acute risk decisions with chemical process safety applications
Bibliographic information Center for Chemical Process Safety, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA, 1995. xxiv, 472p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Index. Price: USD 140.00 (US and Canadian orders); USD 195.00 (elsewhere).
Abstract This manual provides an introduction to risk decision making and the decision aids available to support these decisions. Main subjects covered: risk decision making as a natural extension of methodologies developed to identify hazards and assess risks; key concepts (evaluation criteria, economic evaluation principles, value of life, risk analysis); framework for the classification of available decision aids; selection of appropriate decision aids; case studies from the chemical process industry; detailed studies and applications of selected decision aids; implementation of formal risk decision making in an organization; future developments.
Descriptors (primary) chemical plant; chemical processes; training material; hazard evaluation; safety analysis
Descriptors (secondary) probability analysis; case study; training manuals; economic aspects; role of management; computer applications; cost-benefit analysis; glossary; mathematical models
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Risk evaluation
OSH training