TITLE:
Lessons Learned from Recent Accidents in the Chemical Industry in Japan
AUTHORS:
Akihiko Hidaka, Yuichiro Izato, Atsumi Miyake
KEYWORDS:
Chemical Accident, Lessons Learned, Explosion, Fire
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology,
Vol.4 No.3,
September
26,
2014
ABSTRACT: Japanese chemical companies should extensively study the accidental fires and explosions that occurred in the industrial complexes of Japan in 2011 and 2012. We picked two major accidents and distributed questionnaires to large chemical companies in the Keihin Complex, Japan. Here, we report the results of our investigation of improvements in process safety.