Acronyms a Glossary by the Chemical Hazards Communication Society
Glossary of Risk Assessment-Related Terms by the US EPA
Hazard
- some definitions by various sources
Health & Safety World on-line magazine
Riskworld news and views on risk assessment
Resources on-line
journal on environment and safety matters
Dealing With Disaster a UK Home Office document on major incident management (1998)
The Dobris Assessment massive EC report on Europe's Environment
Environment, Safety and Health Manual courtesy of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA (2000)
Gas Explosion Handbook not just an advert, the book with animations
HarsBook a technical guide for the assessment of thermal hazards in highly reactive chemical systems (2002)
Hazardous Chemicals in Human and Environmental Health a resource book for school, college and university students WHO IPCS (2000)
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards this classic book now fully on the Internet
Protecting Our Hometowns- preventing chemical terrorism in America, by Jeremiah Baumann of the US Public Interest Research Group (2002)
Safe Hometowns Guide making chemical plants more inherently safe and therefore less vulnerable to terrorist attack by Sanford Lewis (2002)
The Seveso II Directive full text of EEC Directive 96/82/EEC (1996)
Standards and Handbooks by the US Dept of Energy, including
"Chemical Process Hazards Analysis" 1996 DOE-HDBK-1100-96, pdf 93 pages
"Process Safety Management for Highly Hazardous Chemicals" 1996 DOE-HDBK-1101-96, pdf 177 pages
The
Tolerability of Risk from Nuclear Power Stations discusses other risks
Our Technology Just Can't Go Wrong an essay by Leo Singer (1997)
How Numbers are Tricking You an interesting article on the misuse of safety statistics (1994)
The Ethics of Safety-Critical Systems an on-line paper by Jonathan Bowen (1997)
The Unforeseen Consequences of Technology article by Tim Healy (1998)
Explosives, Arson. Pyrotechnics some articles by Gerald Hurst (1995-1998)
On-site Risk Analysis article by Patrick Dineen and Michael Hyatt (1998)
Preventing Dust Explosions article by Joseph F. Louvar (1999)
Stamping Out Sparks Intrinsic Safety and Explosion proofing (1999)
Paranoia is a healthy state of mind: managing risk and crisis by Denis Smith (1999)
Dyadem some technical papers
Process Safety in Design course outline by Charles Sheppard (1997)
Process Safety in the Curriculum - Explosion Prevention Technical Elective by Charles Sheppard (1997)
A New Index for Gas Explosion Hazards: " F Number " (1994)
Risk Assessment Methodology (toxic risk) (1994)
Detonation Database accumulated data on gaseous detonations
Too Close to Home a report on chemical accident risks in the USA (1998)
The Long Road to Recovery community responses to disaster J. K. Mitchell (1996)
The Machine Stops the making and meaning of catastrophic failures 20th century case studies etc (developing site)
Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents by James Reason (1997)
Fires and Explosions, some pdf files from the MSHA
Fatality Reports from US mines (coal, mineral) and related operations e.g. metal extraction
Holmes Safety Bulletins for Mining and related operations 1997-date pdf files
Chemical Laboratory Microwave Safety advice and reports of incidents (1998)
Injuries in School and College by R. B. Standler : how students were injured in labs and academics were sued (2000)
Safetynet Articles html list of some safety papers in pdf form, in English from around Europe
A Survey of Backdraught a major danger in fire fighting (1994, on Web 2000)
Assessing Human Health Risks of Chemicals IPCS (1994)
Principles for the assessment of risks to human health from exposure to chemicals IPCS (1999)
General Scientific Principles of Chemical Safety IPCS Training Module 4 (2000)
OECD Environment, Health and Safety Publications a variety, mainly in pdf, including
ILO
Safety Papers mainly on chemical risks