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Hazop and hazan : identifying and assessing process industry hazards / Trevor Kletz

By: Kletz, Trevor A.
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : London : Taylor & Francis, c1999Edition: 4th ed.Description: xi, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1560328584 (hbk.).Subject(s): Chemical engineering -- Safety measuresDDC classification: 660.2804
Contents:
Preface. - Forethoughts. - 1. Hazard identification and assessment. 2. Hazard and operability studies (hazop). - Appendix to chapter 2 - Some accidents that could have been prevented by hazop. 3. Hazard analysis (hazan). - Appendix to chapter 3 - Belt and braces. 4. A manager's guide to hazard analysis. 5. Objections to hazop and hazan. - Appendix to chapter 5 - Limitations on the application of quantitative methods to railway travel. 6. Sources of data and confidence limits. 7. The history of hazop and hazan. - Conclusions. - Addendum 1 - An atlas of safety thinking. - Addendum 2 - Myths of hazop and hazan. - Index.
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Published in the UK by Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby, Warwickshire

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface. - Forethoughts. - 1. Hazard identification and assessment. 2. Hazard and operability studies (hazop). - Appendix to chapter 2 - Some accidents that could have been prevented by hazop. 3. Hazard analysis (hazan). - Appendix to chapter 3 - Belt and braces. 4. A manager's guide to hazard analysis. 5. Objections to hazop and hazan. - Appendix to chapter 5 - Limitations on the application of quantitative methods to railway travel. 6. Sources of data and confidence limits. 7. The history of hazop and hazan. - Conclusions. - Addendum 1 - An atlas of safety thinking. - Addendum 2 - Myths of hazop and hazan. - Index.