@article{ref1,
title="Accident hazard index: a multi-attribute method for process industry hazard rating",
journal="Process safety and environmental protection",
year="1997",
author="Khan, F.I. and Abbasi, Sakineh A.",
volume="75",
number="4",
pages="217-224",
abstract="Traditionally, the severity of accidents in the chemical process industries has been gauged on the basis of the human lives lost1-5. However, factors such as loss of assets, contamination of the surroundings, and the resultant trauma also contribute to a very large extent towards the adverse impacts of such accidents.We have developed Accident Hazard Index (AHI) as a new system for a comprehensive yet rapid assessment of the damage caused by accidents in the chemical process industries. The index can also be used to assess the impacts of accidents likely in a yet-to-be-commissioned industry on the basis of site characteristics and the industry' s process and operational details; the index thus enables one to choose between possible sites for setting up a new industry.<p />",
language="",
issn="0957-5820",
doi="10.1205/095758297529093",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1205/095758297529093"
}