Eighteen years of recommendations to prevent industrial chemical incidents: results and lessons learned of the US Chemical Safety Board
Eighteen years of recommendations to prevent industrial chemical incidents: results and lessons learned of the US Chemical Safety Board
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10.1016/j.puhe.2016.04.011
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发表时间：
2016-10-01
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5.2
通讯作者：
Robinson, B.
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作者：
Tinney, V. A.;Anenberg, S. C.;Robinson, B.
目标：美国化学品安全委员会 (CSB) 是一个调查重大化学品事故和危害的联邦机构，有兴趣确定其调查结果的建议的影响，以及如何更好地提出更有效的建议来预防化学品事故。研究设计：这是对美国化学品安全委员会的安全建议的描述性研究。方法：CSB 根据对减少事故的潜在影响、实施状态、目的和接收者类型对其安全建议进行编码和分析。结果：截至 3 月份截至 2015 年 12 月 31 日，CSB 已发布 733 条建议，其中 75%（548 条）已关闭，25%（185 条）仍处于开放状态。对于高、中、低影响的建议，分别有 38% (78)、76% (160) 和 78% (245) 得到实施。结论：CSB 建议通过法规、行业指南和自愿共识标准以及个别公司带来了重要且持久的安全变化；然而，按潜在影响对建议进行编码并不能完全体现 CSB 建议的影响。虽然这种方法是确定建议效果的初步方法，但需要进一步的数据来确定这些安全变化在多大程度上降低了工业事故的频率或严重程度。 (C) 2016 英国皇家公共卫生学会。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。保留所有权利。
Objectives: The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB), a federal agency that investigates significant chemical incidents and hazards, is interested in determining the impact of the recommendations resulting from its investigations, and how to better more effective recommendations to prevent chemical incidents.Study design: This is a descriptive study of the US Chemical Safety Board's safety recommendations.Methods: The CSB coded and analysed its safety recommendations according to potential impact on reducing incidents, implementation status, purpose and recipient type.Results: As of March 31, 2015, the CSB has issued 733 recommendations, 75% (548) of which are closed and 25% (185) of which remain open. For recommendations categorised as having high, medium, and low impact, 38% (78), 76% (160), and 78% (245) were implemented, respectively.Conclusions: CSB recommendations have led to important and lasting safety changes through regulations, industry guidance and voluntary consensus standards, and individual companies; however, coding recommendations by potential impact do not fully capture the influence of CSB recommendations. While this methodology serves as a preliminary way to determine the effect of recommendations, further data are needed to determine the extent to which these safety changes have reduced the frequency or severity of industrial accidents. (C) 2016 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.