Citation

Kirchsteiger C. Process. Saf. Environ. Prot. 2001; 79(4): 206-210.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Institution of Chemical Engineers and European Federation of Chemical Engineering, Publisher Hemisphere Publishing)

DOI

10.1205/095758201750362244

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper applies methods of time series and survival analysis to assess the frequency of major accidents at fixed industrial installations in Europe. In a wider sense, the effectiveness of current information reporting requirements in the respective EU legislation ('Seveso II Directive'), intended to increase safety in the European process industry, is analysed. The quantitative results show that the information currently available at a European level is not sufficient to come to reliable conclusions regarding the frequency of such events.