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Evacuations due to off-site releases from chemical accidents: experience from 1980 to 1984

Sorensen, J. H.

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Cilt: 14, Sayı: 2, 247-257, 1987

This paper describes research to document the frequency and cause of evacuations associated with chemical accidents from 1980 through 1984. A data base describing each accident was constructed from wire service accounts of the accidents. Using this data, a profile of evacuations is developed. During the time period studied nearly 300 evacuations took place. The average size of an evacuation was 1000 people and the largest involved 30,000 evacuees. The most frequent cause of evacuations were industrial accidents followed by train derailments. For every 1000 people who evacuated, eight were injured by exposure to chemicals. Injury occurred in 25 percent of the evacuations. No injuries from the act of evacuating per se were found. Over the five-year period the yearly total of evacuations fluctuated mildly, however, the number due to industrial accidents rose steadily.

Elsevier Science B. V.

DOI: 10.1016/0304-3894(87)87017-6

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