Technological disaster factors

Major Hazard Installations (MHIs) deal with the hazardous substances which exceed the threshold quantity. Although MHIs are safe organizations, they cannot fail due to a single error. However, due to their high complexity, the designer and the operator make errors during the design, and operation of...

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Main Authors: Shaluf, Ibrahim M., Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi, Shariff, Abdul Rashid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2003
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116743/
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author Shaluf, Ibrahim M.
Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi
Shariff, Abdul Rashid
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description Major Hazard Installations (MHIs) deal with the hazardous substances which exceed the threshold quantity. Although MHIs are safe organizations, they cannot fail due to a single error. However, due to their high complexity, the designer and the operator make errors during the design, and operation of the plants. Consequently, the technical, operational and organizational errors may lead to a major accident. The world has seen many incidents due to the operation of the MHIs. Malaysia has experienced several technological disasters. Four investigation reports have been reviewed in detail. This paper reviews the causes of the technological disasters in general. This paper also summarizes the causes of the technological disasters in Malaysia. Finally the paper rearranges the technological disaster causes and errors.
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spelling upm-1167432025-07-07T06:30:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116743/ Technological disaster factors Shaluf, Ibrahim M. Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi Shariff, Abdul Rashid Major Hazard Installations (MHIs) deal with the hazardous substances which exceed the threshold quantity. Although MHIs are safe organizations, they cannot fail due to a single error. However, due to their high complexity, the designer and the operator make errors during the design, and operation of the plants. Consequently, the technical, operational and organizational errors may lead to a major accident. The world has seen many incidents due to the operation of the MHIs. Malaysia has experienced several technological disasters. Four investigation reports have been reviewed in detail. This paper reviews the causes of the technological disasters in general. This paper also summarizes the causes of the technological disasters in Malaysia. Finally the paper rearranges the technological disaster causes and errors. Elsevier 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116743/1/116743.pdf Shaluf, Ibrahim M. and Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi and Shariff, Abdul Rashid (2003) Technological disaster factors. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 16 (6). pp. 513-521. ISSN 0950-4230 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0950423003000925 10.1016/j.jlp.2003.08.002
spellingShingle Shaluf, Ibrahim M.
Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi
Shariff, Abdul Rashid
Technological disaster factors
title Technological disaster factors
title_full Technological disaster factors
title_fullStr Technological disaster factors
title_full_unstemmed Technological disaster factors
title_short Technological disaster factors
title_sort technological disaster factors
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