Safety has traditionally been measured by using number of personell injuries as the major measure. This is a measure which do not cover the whole safety area. Criticality is defined as a total safety measure and the advantage of this measure is discussed.

Keywords:
efficent measuremnet, gas release, probability, real seriousness, lta, seriousness, critical event, risk analysis, efficent measurement, operation
Subjects:
Safety
Copyright 1995, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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