The use of current risk analysis tools evaluated towards preventing external domino accidents |
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| Institution: | 1. Safety and Security Science Group, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands;2. Research Chair Vandeputte, Universiteit van Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium;3. Law Enforcement, Rechtenfaculteit, Universiteit van Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium;4. Faculty of Applied Economics, Antwerp Research Group on Safety and Security (ARGoSS), University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;5. CEDON, KULeuven, Campus Brussels, Brussels, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Risk analysis is an essential tool for company safety policy. Risk analysis consists of identifying and evaluating all possible risks. The efficiency of risk analysis tools depends on the rigueur of identifying and evaluating all possible risks. The diversity in risk analysis procedures is such that there are many appropriate techniques for any circumstance and the choice has become more a matter of taste. In this paper, we examine the risk analysis tools used by 24 chemical plants in Belgium, mainly located in the port of Antwerp, the second largest chemical cluster in the world after Houston, TX, USA. The aim of this paper is to identify the current practice in the chemical industry subject to European Seveso legislation and to examine how the present methods can be integrated to improve safety policy, especially towards preventing major accidents. Moreover, conclusions on the prevention of catastrophic external domino accidents involving several companies are formulated. This paper also gives impulse to investigating cross-company management implementations concerning external domino accident prevention. |
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