ABSTRACT

To prevent future accidents, a complete examination of the causes and contributory factors of an accident is necessary. Stressing the need to correct these issues, Incident Investigation and Accident Prevention in the Process and Allied Industries strikes a balance between the theoretical and applied aspects of accident investigation while also addressing accident prevention.

Based on the authors forty years of experience, this detailed work covers an extensive range of topics often encountered during an incident investigation. Since the scope and needs of investigations can widely vary, the author begins with an introduction that provides guidance on how to use the book. He supplies a "roadmap" of incident investigation, making the material accessible to novices yet also valuable to more seasoned investigators.

Topics include:

  • Responding to occurrence of incidents and emergency response
  • Securing the site and handling eyewitness testimonies
  • Notification of appropriate authorities, compliance requirements, and legal and insurance issues
  • Internal/external incident investigation options and investigation team requirements
  • Disassembly, gathering, screening, tagging, storing of evidence, and post-incident testing
  • Establishing preliminary causal mechanisms and root cause determinations
  • Multiple cause determination, incident modeling, and human error evaluation and reporting
  • Remedial and preventative measures, lessons learned, and reconstruction and retraining
  • Accident prevention through predictive methodologies, including pro-active measures
  • Pre- and post-incident management
  • Corporate structuring, attitudinal problems, and planning an accident prevention program
  • chapter |8 pages

    Introduction and Guide

    chapter 1|12 pages

    Purpose of Incident Investigation

    chapter 2|7 pages

    Onsite Investigation: Initial &

    Issues

    chapter |7 pages

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    part |2 pages

    • of

    chapter |10 pages

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    chapter |5 pages

    • of

    chapter |3 pages

    mayor

    chapter 4|24 pages

    Chapter 4:

    Questions Evidence Gathering

    chapter |22 pages

    • of

    chapter 8|69 pages

    Time Aspects: Event Sequences

    chapter |3 pages

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    part 13|2 pages

    Potential for Human Error

    chapter |10 pages

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    chapter |10 pages

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    chapter |6 pages

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    chapter |24 pages

    • if

    chapter |50 pages

    • of

    chapter |11 pages

    Appendix Emergency Response Analysis

    chapter C|10 pages

    Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) & Other

    Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) Other Tests

    chapter |22 pages

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    chapter |10 pages

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    chapter |9 pages

    Appendix Plant Safety Program

    chapter |5 pages

    Appendix Management of Change (MOC)

    chapter |5 pages

    Appendix G: Photographic Issues

    part |1 pages

    Appendix Explosion Energy

    chapter |6 pages

    F=U -TS

    chapter |8 pages

    Appendix

    Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Layer Protection Analysis (LOPA)

    chapter |16 pages

    Acronyms and Terms