Inherently Safer Design

Basics

• A Design Principle where not only is there an effort to prevent an accident, but to reduce the consequences if should one occur
• Method
  • Substitute: replacing one material with another that is less hazardous
  • Minimize: reducing the amount of hazardous material in the process
  • Moderate: using less hazardous process conditions such as lower pressures or temperatures
  • Simplify: designing processes to be less complicated, and therefore less prone to failure. (See KISS / Points of Failure )

Internal Links

• Intrinsic Safety
• Green Chemistry
• Fail Safe

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Inherent Safety
• The USCSB News Release on Inherently Safer Design and Technology
• A Video by the YouTube Channel " USCSB " Titled "Inherently Safer: The Future of Risk Reduction" ( ~11 Minute Watch )