Objectives and content of a hazard study (ESD)
Risk quantification within the framework of risk studies

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Objectives and content of a hazard study (ESD)


Risk quantification within the framework of risk studies

Author : Olivier IDDIR

Publication date: October 10, 2013, Review date: January 22, 2019 | Lire en français

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2. Objectives and content of a hazard study (ESD)

2.1 A few reminders of terminology

  • Risk: "Possibility of damage resulting from exposure to the effects of a dangerous phenomenon. In the specific context of "technological risk", risk is, for a given accident, the combination of the probability of occurrence of a dreaded/final event and the severity of its consequences on vulnerable elements" (according to circular May 10, 2010).

  • Danger: "This concept defines a property intrinsic to a substance (butane, chlorine...), a technical system (pressurizing a gas...), an arrangement (raising a load...), an organism (microbes), etc..., of such a nature as to cause damage to a "vulnerable element" [the notions of flammability or explosiveness, toxicity, infectious...

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