Chemical hazards

摘要

The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) has completed the first stage of a ten-year project to develop new accident failure rates for major hazard chemical plants.Existing accident failure data, used in risk assessment for major hazards, is out of date and with "uncertain origins", say the authors of the first report of the project. Recent major chemical plant accidents have also prompted the initiative, they say."While the ultimate aim of the project is to provide the foundation for developing failure rates there are other reasons for its inception, particularly concerns about major accident analysis and causation sharing that have arisen after the Buncefield and Texas City accidents."