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Risk Assessment for Chemical Sensitivity Analysis
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
One critical area of uncertainty in toxic risk assessment studies is human dose-response relationships, particularly for acute exposures. Probit equations are lacking/questionable for many materials, and the use of ERPG ...
ISA and IEC Standards--How Are They Impacting the Process
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
At the present time, we have two approved USA National Standards on Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS); ANSI/ISA S84.01 and ANSI/ISA S91.01. In addition, there are two international standards presently under development on ...
Using Risk Mapping for Investment Decisions
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
To maximize corporate value, companies should not view environmental, health, and safety (EHS) as a cost of doing business, but as a potential source of economic value. Establishing value includes determining the risk ...
Accident History Database: An Opportunity
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 mandated the development of regulations for the protection of workers, public, and the environment from catastrophic releases and chemical plant accidents. As a result, the US Environmental ...
EPA Perspective on Advances in Process Safety
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
EPA is supportive of the concept of "Making Safety Second Nature." Companies should strive to practice safety as a culture, not as something that is done because regulations require it. Elements in the Risk Management ...
Data Required for Predicting Reactive Chemcial Pathways
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Extensive reactivity data for a particular mixture of chemicals at the potential operating conditions of a process under consideration are rarely available. The impact of vessel size, catalytic contaminants, and other ...
A View of What We Do--Making Process Safety Second Nature
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Epidemiological Studies of Chemical Accidents Using EPA's 5-Year Accident History Database
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Epidemiological studies have made major contributions to the understanding and prevention of human disease. They are particularly valuable in regard to discovering the risk factors associated with low probability-high ...
Impact of Data Exchange Standards on Maintainabillity of Process Units
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Over the last decade a number of new standards for data exchange have been initiated in Europe, the U.S., and Japan. Of particular interest to the process industries are the Application Protocols (AP's) under ISO 10303 ...
Empowering Employees to Recognize Ergonomics Risks Associated with Their Tasks
(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, 1998)
Employees in today's environment are often times challenged with changing tasks and activities, many of which pose new or different physical demands. The opportunity for a health/ safety professional to examine how individuals ...