CCPS Process Safety Glossary
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An unplanned event with the potential for undesirable consequences. (CCPS,... Read More... |
An unplanned event or series of events and circumstances that may result in... Read More... |
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An unusual or unexpected event, which either resulted in, orh ad the... Read More... |
The identification and tabulation of incidents without regard to... Read More... |
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The management process by which underlying causes of undesirabe events are... Read More... |
A written document that defines the roles, responsibilities, protocols, and... Read More... |
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A group of qualified people that examine an incident in a manner that is... Read More... |
The physical manifestation of an incident. |
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The quantitative definition of a single result of an incident outcome... Read More... |
A fixed or general pattern of incident causation. From a review of... Read More... |
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An imperfection in the state or condition of hardware such that a degraded... Read More... |
The term can refer to any undesired results occurring when substances are... Read More... |
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Materials which could cause dangerous reactions from direct contact with one... Read More... |
Give events A and B, A is independent of B if, and only if, the probability... Read More... |
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The Fatal Accident Rate (FAR) for a particular hazard, with the exposure... Read More... |
The risk to a person in the vicinity of a hazard. This includes the nature... Read More... |
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This is the process of momentarily grounding a conductor which has been... Read More... |
Time interval (starting at operating conditions) after which a runaway shows... Read More... |
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Reasoning from individual cases to a general conclusion by postulating that... Read More... |
A chemical that does not react chemically with other substances. (Cambridge... Read More... |
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A nonflammable, nonreactive gas that can be used to render the combustible... Read More... |
A technique by which a combustible mixture is rendered nonignitable by... Read More... |
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The basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning... Read More... |
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The breathing in of a substance in the form of gas, vapor, fume, mist, or... Read More... |
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A condition in which the hazards associated with the materials and... Read More... |
A system is inherently safer if it relies on the chemistry and physics (the... Read More... |
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A chemical substance used to prevent or stop a chemical reaction, such as... Read More... |
A chemical which is added to another substance to prevent an unwanted... Read More... |
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A list containing all the incidents identified by the enumeration methods... Read More... |
The maximum normal operating pressure that exists at a point in the system... Read More... |
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Originating or establishing basic conditions or start-up state. |
The first event in an event sequence. Can result in an accident unless... Read More... |
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The event that initiates the scenario leading to the undesired consequence... |
Physical harm or damage to a person resulting from traumatic contact between... Read More... |