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Summary
Summary
Quantitative Risk Analysis is a powerful tool used to help manage risk and improve safety. When used appropriately, it provides a rational basis for evaluating process safety and comparing alternative safety improvements. This guide, an update of an earlier American Chemistry Council (ACC) publication utilizing the "hands-on" experience of CPI risk assessment practitioners and safety professionals involved with the CCPS and ACC, explains how managers and users can make better-informed decisions about QRA, and how plant engineers and process designers can better understand, interpret and use the results of a QRA in their plant.
Author Notes
J. S. Arendt is the author of Evaluating Process Safety in the Chemical Industry: A User's Guide to Quantitative Risk Analysis, published by Wiley.
D K. Lorenzo is the author of Evaluating Process Safety in the Chemical Industry: A User's Guide to Quantitative Risk Analysis, published by Wiley.
Table of Contents
List of Figures | p. ix |
List of Tables | p. xi |
Preface | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Executive Summary | p. xvii |
Advice for the Reader | p. xxi |
Acronyms | p. xxiii |
Glossary | p. xxv |
1 Introduction | p. 1 |
1.1. Background | p. 1 |
1.2. The Process of Risk Analysis | p. 2 |
1.3. Definition of QRA | p. 5 |
1.4. Misconceptions about QRA | p. 7 |
2 Deciding Whether to USE QRA | p. 11 |
2.1. Some Reasons for Considering QRA | p. 11 |
2.2. Types of Information Available from Risk Studies | p. 13 |
2.3. Criteria for Electing to USE QRA | p. 19 |
3 Management USE of QRA | p. 25 |
3.1. Chartering the Analysis | p. 25 |
3.1.1. Study Objective | p. 26 |
3.1.2. Scope | p. 27 |
3.1.3. Technical Approach | p. 28 |
3.1.4. Resources | p. 28 |
3.2. Selecting QRA Techniques | p. 31 |
3.2.1. Hazard Identification | p. 31 |
3.2.2. Consequence Analysis | p. 32 |
3.2.3. Frequency Analysis | p. 36 |
3.2.4. Risk Evaluation and Presentation | p. 41 |
3.3. Understanding the Assumptions and Limitations | p. 46 |
3.3.1. Completeness | p. 46 |
3.3.2. Model Validity | p. 47 |
3.3.3. Accuracy/Uncertainty | p. 47 |
3.3.4. Reproducibility | p. 48 |
3.3.5. Inscrutability | p. 49 |
4 Using QRA Results | p. 51 |
4.1. Comparative Methods for Establishing Perspective | p. 52 |
4.2. Factors Influencing Risk Perception | p. 57 |
4.2.1. Type of Hazard | p. 58 |
4.2.2. Voluntary versus Involuntary | p. 59 |
4.2.3. Societal versus Individual | p. 59 |
4.2.4. Public versus Employee | p. 59 |
4.2.5. High Consequence/Low Frequency versus Low Consequence/High Frequency | p. 59 |
4.2.6. Acute versus Latent Effects | p. 60 |
4.2.7. Familiarity | p. 60 |
4.2.8. Controllability | p. 60 |
4.2.9. Age of Exposed Population | p. 60 |
4.2.10. Distribution of Risk and Benefit | p. 61 |
4.3. Communicating Risk | p. 61 |
4.3.1. Accept and Involve the Public as a Legitimate Partner | p. 61 |
4.3.2. Plan Carefully and Evaluate Your Efforts | p. 61 |
4.3.3. Listen to People's Specific Concerns | p. 62 |
4.3.4. Be Honest, Frank, and Open | p. 62 |
4.3.5. Coordinate and Collaborate with Other Credible Sources | p. 62 |
4.3.6. Meet the Needs of the Media | p. 62 |
4.3.7. Speak Clearly and with Compassion | p. 63 |
4.4. Pitfalls in Using QRA Results | p. 63 |
5 Conclusion | p. 65 |
References | p. 67 |
Suggested Additional Reading | p. 73 |