Databaser om olyckor och risker

- The need for establishing systems for the reporting of incidents and
inegularities.
- Mapping of basic causes and identification of patterns for the occunence
of accidents.
- Presentation of actual costs of accidents as we11 as the potential for loss.
- The need for.the co-ordination of accident reporting systems and
establishing a national accident database.
- Refinement of information gathered through the use of the rescue
services response reports.
- Study of accident occurrence frequencies and development of a
foundation for probability assessment.
- Method for the compilation and processing of information related to
assumed sabotage threats as we11 as actual sabotage actions.
A comprehensive summary of databases is found in appendix A together
with references.
A more detailed description of the following international incident databases
can be found in appendix B:
e MHiDAS
e FACTS
e The Accident Database
MARS
e Lloyds Casualty Archive
CCPS Process Safety Incident Database
And the bibliographic database
* HSELINE.
Information concerning the various databases availability as we11 as contact
addresses and telephone numbers is also presented.
Appendix C covers specific problems related to the use of failure rate
databases.
Appendix D gives a fairly detailed description of various data sources that
have been referenced in the aforementioned case study.
Key words: accidents, risk analysis, databases, case study