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Hazmat trains travel across the country since railroads exist…what are the risks

In follow-up of this post. Hazmat trains travel across the country since railroads exist…what are the risks? Accident b1) Each year various accidents occur, limited casualties occur, they are reported in local to national media, as “minor” accidents. For example CN train hauling dangerous goods derails near Clair, Saskatchewan or the two Union Pacific locomotives hitting head on, in Hoxie, Arkansas. Accident b2) One major, catastrophic accident occurs, a vivid one with “unthinkable” consequences (Lac Megantic, for example) Hazmat trains travel across…

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Real life ISO 31000 compliant quantitative transport alternatives risk assessment example.

Riskope was contacted by a client to develop a Real life ISO 31000 compliant quantitative transport alternatives risk assessment example. The study was going to be used to support the decision among possible personnel transportation alternatives running between a country’s capital city and a remote operation.   Real life ISO 31000 compliant quantitative transport alternatives risk assessment example. The operation had run a shuttle bus service for its personnel from and to the capital city for a decade with no major bus…

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Méthodologies modernes multirisques applicables à des grands réseaux afin d’optimiser les investissements de mise en sécurité

Introduction Dans les régions montagneuses les axes routiers (ainsi naturellement que les voies ferrées et les conduites de transport de fluides gazeux ou liquides) sont exposées à des aléas de nature variée, comme par exemple les chutes de pierres, les glissements de terrain, les coulées de boue, les crues et inondations, l’érosion pour en citer que quelques uns. Depuis desormais plus d’une décennie des méthodes spécifiques ont été développées pour permettre des évaluations des risques le long de couloirs de…

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