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- Title
Process safety: A wicked problem?
- Authors
Moseman, James
- Abstract
The nature of process accidents is discussed, and the relevant definition of Horst Rittel's social phenomenon, 'wicked problems,' is examined. Existing accident models are reviewed for inclusion of social drivers thought to dominate process accidents. A suggested method, new to process safety and termed morphological analysis, is offered to uncover unacknowledged drivers. Give the purported fit of process safety as a wicked problem, an assessment of the US Chemical Safety Board's 'Most Wanted' is made doubting its potential reduction in accidents. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog 36: 14-17, 2017
- Subjects
ACCIDENT prevention; CHEMICAL plant safety measures; RISK assessment in chemical plants; WORK-related injuries; UNITED States. Chemical Safety &; Hazard Investigation Board
- Publication
Process Safety Progress, 2017, Vol 36, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
1066-8527
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/prs.11826