Refrigeration systems – safety & emergency preparedness in case of hazards – a management and design issue

Author: Gert Nielsen, Multiconsult A/S, Norway

The presentation tells about some accidents in industrial refrigeration systems and their cause touching upon following topics:

• Immediate safety and disaster handling. The sharp end.

• Where does safety start?

• Incident becoming accident. What happened?

• Preventing incidents becoming accidents.

• Accidents and disasters. Would stricter codes have prevented them?

• Tarzan syndrome.