Download or read book Guidelines for Developing Quantitative Safety Risk Criteria written by CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety) and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a committee of safety professionals, this book creates a foundation document for the development and application of risk tolerance criteria Helps safety managers evaluate the frequency, severity and consequence of human injury Includes examples of risk tolerance criteria used by NASA, Earthquake Response teams and the International Maritime Organization, amongst others Helps achieve consistency in risk-based decision-making Reduces potential liabilities in the use of quantitative risk tolerance criteria through reference to an industry guidance document