scope:

This book creates a foundation document for the development and application of risk tolerance criteria and helps safety managers evaluate the frequency, severity, and consequence of human injury. It focuses on understanding the meaning of the various criteria that have been used, their bases, how they are applied, and how this experience can be used by organizations considering similar approaches as part of their own process risk management systems. Topics in the book include:

• Fundamental concepts of risk assessment and risk criteria
• Learning from regulatory precedents
• Consideration in developing risk criteria
• Understanding and using F-N diagrams
• Survey of worldwide risk criteria applications
• Development of company risk criteria