Development and use of the ESReDA directory of accident databases involving chemicals

Jean-Philippe Pineau (1)

1 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques

For long with the objective of improving the protection of environment and the avoidance of accidents, plant managers, insurers, authorities, consultants, research organisations are dealing with leaming from investigations of accidents involving chemicals. Many databases on accidents implying chemicals are in existence and data are shared between database developers and end users. The reliability of data is strongly related to the quality of data collected from accident investigations and their subsequent analysis. Many frameworks for collecting, recording and ensuring quality do exist, but there is a need for harmonisation. Since 1993, a working group of European Safety, Reliability and Data Association (ESReDA) "Accident Analysis" (AA) is dealing with data collection, quality, reliability and networking of accident data.

Mots clés: DATA COLLECTION; DATA ANALYSIS; REHABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Jean-Philippe Pineau. Development and use of the ESReDA directory of accident databases involving chemicals. 15. ESReDA Seminar, May 1998, Stockholm, Sweden. ⟨ineris-00972130⟩