Safety and Loss Prevention
Publications
These pages include publications ranging from contents pages through short documents to complete books, which are available without payment. Neither IChemE nor the Safety and Loss Prevention Special Interest Group can vouch for the completeness or accuracy of these resources. Information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.
Lists
- HSE Acronyms and Abbreviations
This is a compilation of acronyms and abbreviations commonly used within HSE. It is based on information gathered from all parts of HSE. Where possible they have been verified from printed sources. Abbreviations readily available elsewhere, have not been included in this edition. - US Environmental Protection Agency Glossary
This glossary contains definitions of terms used in the Risk Assessment Portal. These definitions are not all-encompassing, but are useful "working definitions" for the concepts outlined herein.
Periodicals (contents/abstracts only)
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection
Publication of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. PSEP aims to be the principal international journal for publication of high quality, original papers in the branches of engineering concerned with the safety of industrial processes and the protection of the environment. - Combustion and Flame
The mission of the journal is to publish high quality work from experimental, theoretical, and computational investigations on the fundamentals of combustion phenomena and closely allied matters. - Journal of Chemical Health and Safety
The Journal of Chemical Health and Safety focuses on news, information, and ideas relating to issues and advances in chemical health and safety. The Journal of Chemical Health and Safety covers up-to-the minute, in-depth views of safety issues ranging from OSHA and EPA regulations to the safe handling of hazardous waste, from the latest innovations in effective chemical hygiene practices to the courts' most recent rulings on safety-related lawsuits. - Journal of Hazardous Materials
The Journal of Hazardous Materials publishes full length research papers, reviews, case studies and short communications which improve our understanding of the hazards and risks certain materials pose to people and the environment or deal with ways of controlling these hazards and associated risks. - Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
Loss Prevention is concerned with process and plant design; plant layout; hazard analysis, accident and loss; plant commissioning and inspection; plant operation; maintenance and modification; process control and monitoring; design of protective systems; equipment design and reliability; use of computer systems in loss prevention; operational management and training aspects; accident analysis; emergency planning; transport and offshore; hazards assessment.
- Hazards Forum Newsletters
The quarterly newsletter of the Hazards Forum. - Natural Hazards Observer
The Bimonthly Periodical of the Natural Hazards Center. The Natural Hazards Observer covers disaster issues, recent disaster management and education programs, hazards research, political and policy developments, resources and Web sites, upcoming conferences, and recent publications.
Articles
- Our Technology Just Can't Go Wrong
An essay on risk management by Leo Singer (1997). - The Unanticipated Consequences of Technology
By Tim Healy (1998). - How Numbers are Tricking You
by Arnold Barnett. The statistics that fill the media are often subtly misleading. Here's a guide to the most common types of error. (1994). - The Long Road to Recovery: Community Responses to Industrial Disaster
Edited by James K. Mitchell, United Nations University Press, The United Nations University (1996). - Injuries in School/College Laboratories in USA
by Ronald B. Standler (1999). - World Health Organisation - International Programme on Chemical Safety
The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), established in 1980, is a joint programme of three Cooperating Organizations - WHO, ILO and UNEP, implementing activities related to chemical safety. WHO is the Executing Agency of the IPCS, whose main roles are to establish the scientific basis for safe use of chemicals, and to strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety.
- OECD - Environment, Health and Safety Publications
Chronological lists of OECD's Environment, Health and Safety publications which have appeared since 1988. The documents are available for downloading. - International Labour Organisation (ILO)
ILO is a specialized agency of the United Nations:
- Convention C174 Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993
An ILO Convention based on the European 'Seveso' Directives. - Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Code of Practice
- Convention C174 Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993
Books and large documents
- Europe's Environment - The Dobris Assessment
A series of environmental assessments published by the EEA (European Environment Agency) including:
State of the environment - The Dobris Assessment, Published 20 May 1995.
- Fifteen years of incident analysis - RIVM-NL
Causes, consequences, and other characteristics of incidents with hazardous substances at major hazard companies in the Netherlands over the period 2004-2018 - Gas Explosion Handbook - Christian Michelsen Research/GexCon AS
This handbook was written as a part of Christian Michelsen Research's (CMR) research programme "Gas Safety Programme 1990-1992" (GSP90-92). The participants of the programme were: BP, Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie, Conoco, Elf, Ess, Gaz de France, Health and Safety Executive, Mobil, Norsk Hydro, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Gasunie, Phillips and Statoil.
The purpose of this handbook is to give a brief introduction to gas explosion safety, based on current knowledge of the subject and on experience in applying this knowledge to practical problems in the industry. For in-depth information on the various subjects the reader is referred to the literature described in the References. - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
This is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. - US Department of Energy - Online Approved DOE Technical Standards