Process industry accidents in Sri Lanka: Analysis and basic lessons learnt

dc.contributor.authorGunasekera, MY
dc.contributor.authorde Alwis, AAP
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-07T06:29:50Z
dc.date.available2023-02-07T06:29:50Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractAccidents in the process industry could be prevented or reduced by having good safety management measures. Such preventive measures could be further improved through the experiences and lessons learnt from past accidents. Therefore, analysis results of past accidents are valuable sources of information for determining root causes and as case material to prevent and reduce the adverse consequences of accidents in the process industry. This paper looks at accidents in the process industry that have occurred in the past 10 years from 1997 to 2006 in Sri Lanka to gain an understanding of the nature and consequences of accidents. Lessons and main areas of concern to improve safety in the Sri Lanka process industry are discussed. The analysis is done for different event types based on specific operating process stage during which the accident occurred such as processing, loading and unloading, repair and maintenance and storage, the immediate effect types such as fire, explosion, chemical releases and emissions and the consequences of each accident. Fire incidents were observed in 38 accidents analyzed. The results show that the highest number of accidents has occurred during processing operations followed by accidents during maintenance and repair work. The cause analysis shows that many accidents have occurred due to technical and human failures. The accidents are then classified according to the severity of the consequences in order to compare the nature of accidents experienced in Sri Lanka with respect to accidents in other countries in the world.en_US
dc.identifier.citationProcess industry accidents in Sri Lanka: Analysis and basic lessons learnt. (2008). Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 86(6), 421–426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2008.05.002en_US
dc.identifier.databaseScienceDirecten_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2008.05.002en_US
dc.identifier.issn9500618en_US
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.journalProcess Safety and Environmental Protectionen_US
dc.identifier.pgnos421-426en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/20390
dc.identifier.volume86en_US
dc.identifier.year2008en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectAccidenten_US
dc.subjectSri Lankaen_US
dc.subjectProcess industryen_US
dc.subjectDatabaseen_US
dc.titleProcess industry accidents in Sri Lanka: Analysis and basic lessons learnten_US
dc.typeArticle-Full-texten_US

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