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Guidelines for Developing Quantitative Safety Risk Criteria
Author(s): CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety) (Author)
- Publisher: Wiley-AIChE
- Publication Date: 18 Sept. 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0470261404
- ISBN-13: 9780470261408
Book Description
- Written by a committee of safety professionals, this book creates a foundation document for the development and application of risk tolerance criteria
- Helps safety managers evaluate the frequency, severity and consequence of human injury
- Includes examples of risk tolerance criteria used by NASA, Earthquake Response teams and the International Maritime Organization, amongst others
- Helps achieve consistency in risk-based decision-making
- Reduces potential liabilities in the use of quantitative risk tolerance criteria through reference to an industry guidance document
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About the Author
Since 1985, the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has been the world leader in developing and disseminating information on process safety management and technology. CCPS, an industry technology alliance of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), has published over 80 books in its process safety guidelines and process safety concepts series, and over 100 training modules through its Safety in Chemical Engineering Education (SACHE) series.
