While management and engineering actions have a significant impact on process reliability, these factors have received too little attention in calculating plant risks. In this work, the focus is on understanding and modeling the influence of human behavior patterns on plant safety in two settings. The first, introduced in Part I, involves a framework to estimate the impacts of management and en...

OBJECTIVE The industrial aluminum production process is addressed. The purpose is to give a short but comprehensive description of the electrolysis cell technology, the raw materials used, and the health and safety relevance of the process. METHODS This article is based on a study of the extensive chemical and medical literature on primary aluminum production. RESULTS At present, there are ...

This paper d@nes situation awareness (SA) and discusses its importance to operator-machine system safety and functioning in the context ofprocess control activities. Specifical[v, identified are relationships of human detection of critical process cues conveying the status of automated control systems and operator interpretation of the meaning and relevance of such information to the potential ...

Chemical processes are systems that include complicated network of material, energy and process flow. As time passes, the performance of chemical process gradually degrades due to the deterioration of process equipments and components. The early detection and diagnosis of faults in chemical processes is very important both from the viewpoint of plant safety as well as reduced manufacturing cost...

This research project investigated the incident response mechanism used by the chemical industry for handling extremely hazardous chemicals. The mechanism was described as the policies, procedures, practices, tools, and methods used to conduct incident response. The results from the study determined what technologies, specifically software and information systems, could be utilized to improve t...

background: health-care-associated infections are a major threat to the safety of patient care. control of such problem is a major criterion for hospital accreditation. this study was aimed to determine the developing use of chemical (class 6 products) and biological indicators in tabriz district hospitals since 1997 to 2011. methods: we conducted this time-trend interventional study with all o...

Chemists and chemical engineers are involved in and responsible for the life of a product from the discovery stage to manufacturing, market introduction, and end of life. They participate in and contribute to all segments of the supply chain, from cradle to grave. In the industrial sector, they work hand in hand with other professionals in engineering, business, intellectual property, and envir...

The aim of this study is to explore the effects of the OSH legislation, collaboration and management. These variables had an effect on the continuous improvement of OSH, the safety training, the safe use of chemicals, the use of personal protective equipments, the monitoring of the work environment and the arrangement of occupational health care. The respondents to the questionnaire survey were...

This article attracted great attention within the scientific and regulatory community. Substantial gaps in the study design, fundamental flaws in the data analysis and erroneous interpretation of results have been pointed out by individual scientists and administration bodies. Upon request by the European Commission, the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) reviewed the study and concluded...