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Quantitative safety goals for risk management of industrial facilities
Abstract This paper discusses the issues, constraints and conflicts involved in risk management for industrial facilities and proposes a global and explicit approach to numerical safety goals. The use of such quantitative targets is part of a more general strategy of risk management. The factors involved are technical, organizational, ethical, social, legal and economic. In order to set priorities among safety measures, the first step is a probabilistic risk analysis, which should not be limited to technical parameters but should also include organizational factors. A review of precedents and “floating numbers” commonly used as safety targets is presented. A general structure of safety goals is then proposed with illustrative numbers. The case of existing facilities and the treatment of uncertainties are discussed briefly.
Quantitative safety goals for risk management of industrial facilities
Abstract This paper discusses the issues, constraints and conflicts involved in risk management for industrial facilities and proposes a global and explicit approach to numerical safety goals. The use of such quantitative targets is part of a more general strategy of risk management. The factors involved are technical, organizational, ethical, social, legal and economic. In order to set priorities among safety measures, the first step is a probabilistic risk analysis, which should not be limited to technical parameters but should also include organizational factors. A review of precedents and “floating numbers” commonly used as safety targets is presented. A general structure of safety goals is then proposed with illustrative numbers. The case of existing facilities and the treatment of uncertainties are discussed briefly.
Quantitative safety goals for risk management of industrial facilities
Paté-Cornell, M.Elisabeth (author)
Structural Safety ; 13 ; 145-157
1994-01-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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