FACTSONLINE

At the end of the seventies TNO created FACTS, a database containing information about (industrial) accidents involving hazardous materials which caused, or could have caused, severe damage and danger... The information stored in FACTS is often obtained from professional sources, such as accident reports made by companies, government agencies (such as CSB, NTSB, NRC, MARS, ARIA, ZEMA), or from publications in technical periodicals and other literature. Of course, information from a number of sources is confidential. This information is treated with strict anonymity... FACTS is the most comprehensive database of its kind available on the market today. It contains more than 25,700 descriptions of accidents with hazardous materials. All accidents recorded in FACTS are coded in abstracts so as to make the data available for the purposes of risk and safety management, risk analyses, damage prevention, training and emergency response.

Primary location: Netherlands