Types of accidents occurring in chemical process industries and approaches to their modelling

Accidents in chemical process industry cause significant lossessin terms of human health, life, property and environmental pollution. An accident starts with loss of containment of one or other hazardous substance resulting in fire, explosion, or dispersion of toxic material. The severity of an accident depends both on the scale of the accident and nature of impacted surroundings. This paper presents an overview of the types of accident that occur in chemical process industry, their damage potential, and how the likely impacts are forecast.