COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC

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Industrial accident databases are an integral part of the accident learning system. The industrial accident database serves as a memory from which information from past accidents can be retrieved. This information can then be used to develop measures to prevent the recurrence of these accidents. It is a very difficult discipline to put this information into a different context and to be able to learn from the accident in other sectors of human activity than the one in which the accident occurred. Within the European Union, the Major Accident Reporting System (MARS, later renamed eMARS) was established in 1982 on the basis of the EU Seveso Directive 82/501/EEC. The purpose of eMARS is to facilitate the exchange of experience of accidents and near-misses involving hazardous substances in order to improve the prevention of chemical accidents and the mitigation of potential consequences (eMARS, 1982). This system includes a major accident database. The eMARS database contains records of incidents and near-misses provided by the MAHB (Major Accident Hazards Bureau) established at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The records of major accidents come mainly from EU, EEA, OECD and UNECE countries (under the TEIA Convention). Currently it contains more than 1100 records.

Industrial accident databases are an integral part of the accident learning system. The industrial accident database serves as a memory from which information from past accidents can be retrieved. This information can then be used to develop measures to prevent the recurrence of these accidents. It is a very difficult discipline to put this information into a different context and to be able to learn from the accident in other sectors of human activity than the one in which the accident occurred. Within the European Union, the Major Accident Reporting System (MARS, later renamed eMARS) was established in 1982 on the basis of the EU Seveso Directive 82/501/EEC. The purpose of eMARS is to facilitate the exchange of experience of accidents and near-misses involving hazardous substances in order to improve the prevention of chemical accidents and the mitigation of potential consequences (eMARS, 1982). This system includes a major accident database. The eMARS database contains records of incidents and near-misses provided by the MAHB (Major Accident Hazards Bureau) established at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The records of major accidents come mainly from EU, EEA, OECD and UNECE countries (under the TEIA Convention). Currently it contains more than 1100 records.

Major Accident, European Union, Analysis

01.03.2024

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

New Orleans

978-0-8169-1121-9

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

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