CHECKLIST FOR FUEL TANK SAFETY ASSESSMENT

摘要

Over the last four decades, a distinctive approach to hazards and failures that cause loss of life andproperty has been developed in the process industries. The modern approach to the avoidance of injuries andloss in the process industries is the outcome of various events. Central to this approach is leadership bymanagement, starting with senior management, and creation of a safety culture that provides the appropriateenvironment for reduction of incidents and improvement of safety performance. Checklists can be a verypowerful tool for hazards assessment methodology to identify the major contributors to risk, to improve safetymeasures and to assist the analysis in these aspects. This paper presents a systematic hazards identificationmethodology for fuel storage tanks, by applying a checklist technique on the accident causes and the relevantprotection measures.