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Lee's loss prevention in the process industries hazard identification, assessment, and control
Loss prevention in the process industries
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Safety in the process industries is critical for those who work with chemicals and hazardous substances or processes. The field of loss prevention is, and continues to be, of supreme importance to ...
Safety in the process industries is critical for those who work with chemicals and hazardous substances or processes. The field of loss prevention is, and continues to be, of supreme importance to countless companies, municipalities and governments around the world, and Lees' is a detailed reference to defending against hazards. Recognized as the standard work for chemical and process engineering safety professionals, it provides the most complete collection of information on the theory, practice, design elements, equipment, regulations and laws covering the field of process safety. An
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- English
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- 4th ed. / [edited by] Sam Mannan
- Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann ; Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2012
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- 1 online resource (3685 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780123977823, 0123977827, 0123971896
- OCLC
- ocn818815075
- Rev. ed. of: Loss prevention in the process industries / Frank P. Lees.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- English
- Front Cover; Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries; Copyright Page; Preface to Fourth Edition; Preface to Third Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; Acknowledgements; Terminology; Notation; Use of References; List of Contributors; Contents for Volume 1; Contents for Volume 2; Contents for Volume 3; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Management Leadership; 1.2 Industrial Safety and Loss Trends; 1.3 Safety and Environmental Concerns; 1.4 Loss Prevention - 1; 1.5 Large Single-Stream Plants; 1.6 Loss Prevention - 2; 1.7 Total Loss Control; 1.8 Quality Assurance
- 1.9 Total Quality Management1.10 Risk Management; 1.11 Safety-Critical Systems; 1.12 Environment and Sustainable Development; 1.13 Responsible Care; 1.14 Academic and Research Activities; 1.15 Overview; 2 Incidents and Loss Statistics; 2.1 The Incident Process; 2.1.1 The Houston Model; 2.1.2 The Fault Tree Model; 2.1.3 The MORT Model; 2.1.4 The Rasmussen Model; 2.1.5 The ACSNI Model; 2.1.6 The Bellamy and Geyer Model; 2.1.7 The Kletz Model; 2.2 Standard Industrial Classification; 2.3 Injury Statistics; 2.3.1 United States of America
- 2.3.1.1 National Response Center's (NRC) Incident Reporting Information System (IRIS)2.3.1.2 EPA's Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule's 5-Year Accident History Database; 2.3.1.3 EPA's Accidental Release Information Program (ARIP) Database; 2.3.1.4 Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Databases for the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); 2.3.1.5 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Wide-ranging On-line Data for Epidemiological Reporting (WO..
- 2.3.1.6 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's (ATSDR) Hazardous ...2.3.2 United Kingdom; 2.4 Major Disasters; 2.5 Major Process Hazards; 2.5.1 The Inventory; 2.5.2 The Energy Factor; 2.5.3 The Time Factor; 2.5.4 The Intensity-Distance Relationship; 2.5.5 The Exposure Factor; 2.5.6 The Intensity-Damage and Intensity-Injury Relationships; 2.6 Fire Loss Statistics; 2.7 Fire and Explosion; 2.8 Causes of Loss; 2.9 Down-Time Losses; 2.10 Trend of Injuries; 2.11 Trend of Losses; 2.12 Case Histories; 3 Legislation and Law; 3.1 US Legislation
- 3.2 US Regulatory Agencies3.3 Codes and Standards; 3.4 Occupational Safety and Health Act 1970; 3.5 US Environmental Legislation; 3.6 US Toxic Substances Legislation; 3.7 US Accidental Chemical Release Legislation; 3.8 US Transport Legislation; 3.8.1 Natural Gas; 3.8.2 FERC History; 3.8.3 USCG and MARAD History; 3.9 US Security Legislation; 3.10 US Developing Legislation; 3.11 EU Legislations; 3.12 Other Legislation; 3.13 Regulatory Support; 3.14 US Chemical Safety Board; 4 Major Hazard Control; Foreword by Jerry Havens; 4.1 Superstar Technologies; 4.2 Hazard Monitoring; 4.3 Risk Issues
- 4.4 Risk Perception