Prevention of Grain Elevator and Mill Explosions (1982) / Chapter Skim
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
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In Ju ly 1978, at the request of the Department of Agriculture, the National Academy of Sciences conducted an international symposium on -train elevator explosions (National Materials Advisory Board 19781. Shortly after the symposium the Occupational Safety and Bealth Administration (OSHA)
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Figure 1-shows the functions of risk management (Grose Or' item guided the panel's efforts to be systematic in their study of grain dust explosions. Activities related to all five functions were conducted by the panel and illustrate how this method could be applied by the grain-handling industry.
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3 / / FINANCING \ f Uncontrolled Risk \/ 1— / ADMINISTRATION ~: \of Risk-Related Task,/ \ \ CONTROL \of Significant Risk FIGURE: 1 Functions of risk management. /IDENTIFICATION of Risk Exposure EVALUATION of Identified Risk /
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Early in their attempt to identify causal factors for grain elevator explosions, the panel concluded that existing data were insufficient to permit the identification of needed preventive actions. Therefore, a team of panel members was formed to investigate significant explosions that occurred during the panel's tenure.
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Using this decision-making tool, they can judge the significance of all identified hazards on the same basis and efficiently allocate resources for the reduction or control of explosions e Control of Significant Risk Once the evaluation of all identified risks revealed those that were most significant, the panel sought expert counsel on how such hazards might be best controlled. This counsel was of several types.
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Nationa1 Materials Advisory Board, International Symposium on Grain Elevator Explosions, Proceedings, Volume 2, Report AHAB 353-2, Washington, D.C., July 11-12, 1978.
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