Lees' process safety essentials : hazard identification, assessment and control / Sam Mannan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mannan, Sam.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical processes--Safety measures.

Chemical processes.

Chemical industry--Safety measures.

Chemical industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 547 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lees' Process Safety Essentials is a single-volume digest presenting the critical, practical content from Lees' Loss Prevention for day-to-day use and reference. It is portable, authoritative, affordable, and accessible - ideal for those on the move, students, and individuals without access to the full three volumes of Lees'. This book provides a convenient summary of the main content of Lees', primarily drawn from the hazard identification, assessment, and control content of volumes one and two. Users can access Essentials for day-to-day reference

Contents:

Front Cover; Lees' Process Safety Essentials; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Management Leadership; 1.2 Industrial Safety and Loss Trends; 1.3 Safety and Environmental Concerns; 1.4 Historical Development of Loss Prevention; 1.5 Loss Prevention Essentials; 1.6 Environment and Sustainable Development; 1.7 Responsible Care; 1.8 Academic and Research Activities; 1.9 Overview; References; 2 Incidents and Loss Statistics; 2.1 The Incident Process; 2.1.1 The Houston Model; 2.1.2 Other Incident Models; 2.2 Injury Statistics; 2.2.1 United States of America

2.2.2 United Kingdom2.3 Major Disasters; 2.4 Major Process Hazards; 2.4.1 The Inventory; 2.4.2 The Energy Factor; 2.4.3 The Time Factor; 2.4.4 The Intensity-Distance Relationship; 2.4.5 The Exposure Factor; 2.4.6 The Intensity-Damage and Intensity-Injury Relationships; 2.5 Major Hazard Control; 2.5.1 Hazard Monitoring; 2.5.2 Risk Issues; 2.5.3 Risk Perception; 2.5.3.1 Acceptable Risk; 2.5.3.2 Acceptable vs Tolerable Risk; 2.5.3.3 Actual vs Perceived Risk; 2.5.3.4 Psychological Issues; 2.5.3.5 Social Science Issues; 2.5.3.6 Risk Communication; 2.5.4 Risk Management; 2.5.5 Hazard Control Policy

2.5.6 Process Hazard Control: Advisory Committee on Major Hazards2.5.7 Process Hazard Control: Major Hazards Arrangements; 2.5.7.1 NIHHS Regulations 1982-2002; 2.5.7.2 CIMAH Regulations 1984; 2.5.7.3 CIMAH Safety Case; 2.5.7.4 COMAH Regulations 1999; 2.5.8 Process Hazard Control: Planning; 2.5.8.1 Planning System; 2.5.8.2 Planning and Major Hazards; 2.5.8.3 Planning Reforms; 2.5.8.4 HSE Consultation and Advice; 2.5.8.5 Emergency Planning; 2.5.8.6 Information to Public; 2.5.8.7 Public Inquiries; 2.5.8.8 Planner's Viewpoint; 2.5.9 Process Hazard Control: European Community

2.5.9.1 European Community2.5.9.2 Germany; 2.5.9.3 France; 2.5.9.4 The Netherlands; 2.5.10 Process Hazard Control: USA; 2.5.10.1 Plant Siting; 2.5.10.2 Accidental Releases; 2.5.10.3 SARA Title III; 2.5.10.4 Process Safety Management Rule; 2.5.10.5 New Jersey Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act; 2.5.10.6 California Hazardous Materials Planning Program; 2.5.10.7 EPA's RMP Rule; 2.5.10.8 Regulatory Agencies; 2.5.10.9 Voluntary Initiatives; 2.6 Fire and Explosion Loss; 2.7 Causes of Loss; 2.8 Trend of Injuries and Losses; 2.9 Economics of Loss Prevention; 2.9.1 Cost of Losses; 2.9.1.1 National Level

2.9.1.2 Company and Works Level2.9.2 Cost of Prevention; 2.10 Insurance of Process Plant; 2.10.1 The Insurance Process; 2.10.2 Insurance Policies; 2.10.3 Loss Measures; 2.10.4 Insurance Surveyors; 2.10.5 Tariff and Non-Tariff Systems; 2.10.6 Fire Insurance in the United Kingdom; 2.10.7 Business Interruption Insurance; 2.10.8 Large, Single-Train Plants; 2.10.9 Insurance Market; 2.10.10 Insurance Capacity; 2.10.11 Insurance Restrictions; 2.10.12 Self-Insurance; 2.10.13 Vapor Cloud Explosions; 2.10.14 Major Disasters; 2.11 Property Insurance; 2.11.1 Loss Measures; 2.11.2 Risk Assessment Methods

2.11.2.1 Management Audits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 10, 2013).

ISBN:

0-08-096230-0

OCLC:

861649047