dc.contributor.author | Glickman, T. S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Erkut, E. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-28T11:58:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-28T11:58:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0925-7535 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11693/11602 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper illustrates the application of quantitative risk assessment in a rail yard where tank cars
of hazardous materials are received and stored. The assessment was conducted in response to community
concerns about the safety of a proposed yard expansion. Six different chemicals are involved.
For each one, the average monthly volume and the hazard of most concern are specified. We use an
event tree populated with empirical data to compute the probability of a major spill in each case and
we estimate the corresponding critical impact distances using available modeling tools. We find that
for some of the chemicals, the relative increases in risk are appreciable, but that in all cases, the absolute
levels of risk remain low. Then we identify some ways in which such an analysis can be extended
and discuss the potential difficulties associated with these extensions. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
dc.source.title | Safety Science | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2006.09.004 | en_US |
dc.subject | Risk assessment | en_US |
dc.subject | Hazardous materials | en_US |
dc.subject | Transportation | en_US |
dc.subject | Rail road | en_US |
dc.subject | Rail yard | en_US |
dc.subject | Safety | en_US |
dc.title | Assessment of hazardous material risks for
rail yard safety | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.department | Department of Management | en_US |
dc.citation.spage | 813 | en_US |
dc.citation.epage | 822 | en_US |
dc.citation.volumeNumber | 45 | en_US |
dc.citation.issueNumber | 7 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.09.004 | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |