Risk and Safety Analysis of Industry
A special issue of Safety (ISSN 2313-576X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2024) | Viewed by 5039
Special Issue Editor
Interests: risk and safety analysis of chemical plants; land use planning around hazardous installations; risk based emergency management and decision making; human factors; virtual reality; risk communication; LNG use as a marine fuel
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, the process industry produces a wide variety of substances and preparations that are essential for use in a very broad range of applications in virtually all sectors of the economy. However, some of these substances have hazardous properties, which, in the case of an abnormal event, may be released into the atmosphere or the soil; or, they may be ignited, causing potential harm to the workers, the environment and/or the civilians living in proximity of the industrial site. This is also the case when factories handling or producing hazardous materials are closed down without concerted monitoring of the installation and removal of the hazardous substances. The safety of such installations is a topic that has received global scientific attention in the last 30 years or so, with a consolidated risk analysis methodology expected to be in place. However, a question that remains timely is: “what is the state of the art in this field today, so as to ensure the safe operation of industry and sustainable development of a country without environmental, health and safety issues?”
In this context, this Special Issue covers the following topics:
- Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment of industrial sites;
- Accidents consequence modeling of possible accidents;
- Occupational hazards of workers;
- Public and industrial safety, and technological/industrial resilience.
Thus scientists and practitioners are encouraged to publish their experimental and applied research relating to industrial safety and technology, with the aim of promoting and improving the current state of the art in industrial safety, the lack of which may affect people, the environment and the economy.
Dr. Zoe Nivolianitou
Guest Editor
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