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  SITE INDEX:    Lessons learned bulletins   -   International collaborations -   Seveso inspection series  -   Common inspection criteria  -  
Good practice exchanges   -   Special studies and reports   -   Covid-19   -   Substances  -  Accident analysis -  Seveso implementation   -    Capacity building   -   Guidance for Seveso Directive implementation  -   Land-use planning  -    MAPP/Safety Management Systems (SMS)   -    Safety reports   -   Seveso inspections   -   Scientific articles  -   IChemE Loss Prevention Bulletin articles

Recent  JRC publications on Chemical and Natech Accident Risk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 

New Chemical Accident Risk Management Publications

 
 
 

Learning from accidents in waste management facilities -
Lessons learned summary report (html)

  

Management of Contractors -
Common Inspection Criteria (html)

 

Internal Emergency Planning - Common Inspection Criteria (html)  

 
   
 

 

Natech Risk Management

  
 
 

Necci, A. and Krausmann, E., 2022.
Natech risk management - Guidance for operators of hazardous industrial sites and national authorities (nl)

  

Krausmann, E. and Necci, A. 2021.
Thinking the unthinkable: A perspective on Natech risks and Black Swans

 

Natech Risk Management -
Common Inspection Criteria (html)

 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 

  Selected recent publications

 

Learning from incidents in warehouses -
Lessons Learned Bulletin  (html)

 Cover of Lessons Learned Bulletin on Warehouses

Learning from incidents involving power supply failures -
Lessons Learned Bulletin  (html) (nl)

Cover of Lessons Learned Bulletin on Power Failures

Wood, M. et al., 2021.
Reducing the risk of oxygen-related fires and explosions in hospitals treating Covid-19 patients

Journal Cover on Oxygen-Related Fires

Fabbri, L. et al., 2020.
Global sensitivity analysis of the ADAM dispersion module

Article Cover on ADAM Dispersion Module

Fabbri, L. and Wood, M. 2019.
Accident damage assessment module (ADAM)

Accident Damage Assessment Module Cover

Gyenes et al. 2016,  Handbook of Scenarios for Assessing Major Chemical Accident Risks

Handbook Cover for Chemical Accident Risks

 

LESSONS LEARNED BULLETINS  

Issue

Lessons Learned from accidents involving …

Issue 1

Hydrogen (en pdf / html ), Wasserstoff (de pdf)

Issue 2

Contractors (en pdf / html), Fremdfirmenmitarbeitern (de), antreprenori(ro),
ონტრაქტორებს (ქა) კ,المقاولين (عربى)

Issue 3

Impact to the environment (en pdf / html), Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt (de),
impact semnificativ pentru mediu (ro), მნიშვნელოვანი გავლენა გარემოს ((ქა),
تأثير كبير على البيئة (عربى)

Issue 4

Corrosion-related accidents in petroleum oil refineries (en pdf / html), Korrosionsbedingte Unfälle in Erdölraffinerien (de)

Scientific report:  Corrosion-Related Accidents in Petroleum Refineries: Lessons Learned from Accidents in EU and OECD Countries

Issue 5

Fertilizers (en pdf / html), Düngemitteln (de), îngrășăminte(ro), სასუქები (ქა), ا لأسمدة (عربى)

Issue 6

Natech accidents (en pdf / html), Natech-Unfälle (de), accidente Natech (ro),
Natech ავარიების (ქა), من الحوادث Natech (عربى)

Issue 7

Ageing (en pdf / html), Alterung (de), veroudering (nl), îmbătrânirea populației (ro), მოძველებული (ქა),  ب الشيخوخة (عربى)

Issue 8

Explosives (en pdf / html), Explosivstoffen (de), Explosieven (nl)

Issue 9

Runaway reactions (en pdf / html), runaway reacties (nl)

 

Emergency response series (ER)

Issue 10

ER1 Evacuation and sheltering  (en pdf / html),  ER1 Leerpunten van incidentbestrijding – Evacuatie en schuilen (nl)

Issue 11

ER2 Firefighter preparedness and protection (en pdf / html), ER2 – Leerpunten van incidentbestrijding –Voorbereiding en bescherming van de brandweer (nl)

Issue 12

ER3 Emergency response failures and successes (en pdf / html), ER3 Leerpunten van incidentbestrijding – Mislukte en geslaagde incidentbestrijding (nl)
 

Chinese edition 中文版

中文版

Selected Lessons Learned Analyses in Chinese (MAHB简报3-1_in Chinese), 用中文学习中文

Issue 13

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on fixed sites (en pdf / html)  Leren van incidenten met vloeibaar aardgas
(LNG) op vaste locaties (nl)

Issue 14

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) (en  pdf /  html)  (Leren van incidenten met tot vloeistof verdicht gas (LPG)(nl))

Special Issue
Covid-19 #1

Pandemic Measures and Chemical Process Safety (en  pdf / html)  疫情应对措施和化工过程安全 (中文) Pandemische maatregelen en chemische procesveiligheid (nl) Środki na wypadek pandemii i bezpieczeństwo procesów chemicznych (pl)

Special Issue
Covid-19 #2

Risk of oxygen fires in hospitals treating Covid-19 patients (en pdf / html)
Risico op zuurstofgerelateerde branden in ziekenhuizen waar patiënten met COVID-19 worden behandeld (nl) Ryzyko powstania pożarów związanych z obecnością tlenu w szpitalach leczących pacjentów z Covid-19 (pl)

Issue 15

Learning from incidents involving power supply failures (en pdf / html) Leren van incidenten met storingen in de stroomvoorziening (nl)

Issue 16

Learning from incidents in warehouses (en pdf / html)

Issue 17

Learning from accidents in waste management facilities (en pdf / html)


INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

SEVESO INSPECTION SERIES 

Links to these publications can also be found in html form with checklist questions on the Seveso Inspection Series webpage

Common Inspection Criteria

  • No. 1  Safety Instrumented Functions (en pdf /  html) - Risikominderung unter Verwendung von sicherheitstechnischen Funktionen ( de)
  • No. 2  Permit-to-Work (en pdf / html)
  • No. 3  Internal Audit (en pdf / html) - Interne Audit Procedures ( nl)
  • No. 4  Process Hazard Analysis (en pdf / html)
  • No. 5  Management of Change (en pdf / html)
  • No. 6  Emergency Isolation Systems (en pdf / html)
  • No. 7  Process Safety Performance Monitoring (en pdf / html)
  • No. 8  Pressure Relief Systems (en pdf / html)
  • No. 9  Maintenance of Primary Containment Systems (en pdf / html)
    Webinar report: Ageing and Primary Containment Maintenance 2022
  • No. 10 Natech Risk Management (en pdf / html)
  • No. 11 Training of Personnel (en pdf / html)
  • No. 12 Internal Emergency Planning (en pdf / html)
  • No. 13 Management of Contractors (en pdf / html)
  • No. 14 Avoiding Ignition Sources (en pdf / html)

Good Practice Reports

  • Vol. 8 - Explosive and Pyrotechnic Sites ( pdf / html)
  • Vol. 9 -  Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sites ( pdf / html)
  • Vol. 10 - Process Safety Performance Indicators ( pdf /  html)

SPECIAL STUDIES AND REPORTS

Covid-19 and chemical process safety

Hydrogen

The hydrogen fuel alternative: Perspectives on risk management challenges and solutions, Summary of an expert webinar exchange, 15 September 2023
The presentations from the Hydrogen Fuel Risk Webinar Exchanges can be found in the "Events" section of this website

Substances

Seveso implementation

Capacity building for chemical accident prevention and preparedness

Accident analysis and investigation

Accident Analysis Benchmarking Exercise:  Project Report

GUIDANCE FOR SEVESO DIRECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION

Land-Use Planning

MAPP/Safety Management Systems

Safety Reports

Seveso Inspections

For Seveso Legislation text, see the DG ENV Seveso webpage at:  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/seveso/ 

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

IChemE Loss Prevention Bulletin Articles

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