Document ID (ISN) | 64654 |
CIS number |
95-869 |
ISBN(s) |
0-8169-0557-6 |
Year |
1995 |
Convention or series no. |
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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 Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
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Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Risk evaluation OSH training
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