This new edition comes after about 15 years of development in the field of safety science and practice. The book addresses the question of how to improve risk assessments, investigations, and organizational learning inside companies in order to prevent unwanted occurrences. The book helps the reader in analyzing the subject from different scientific perspectives to demonstrate how they contribute to an overall understanding. It also gives a comprehensive overview of different methods and tools for use in safety practice and helps the reader in analyzing their scope, merits, and shortcomings. The book raises a number of critical issues to be addressed in the improvement process.
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Section I: IntroductionChapter 1 Introducing some basic conceptsChapter 2 Framework conditionsChapter 3 Case studySection II: Theoretical foundationChapter 4 Accident theory and modelsChapter 5 Framework for accident analysisChapter 6 The occurrence of accidents over timeChapter 7 Management of safety through experience feedbackChapter 8 Criteria for assessing the efficiency of experience feedbackChapter 9 Barriers against lossChapter 10 The human element in accident controlSection III: Learning from incidents and deviationsChapter 11 Sources of data on accident risksChapter 12 Hazard identification, safety inspections and auditsChapter 13 Incident reporting and investigationChapter 14 Accumulated incident experienceSection IV: Monitoring of safety performanceChapter 15 Overview of safety performance indicatorsChapter 16 Loss-based safety performance indicatorsChapter 17 Process-based safety performance indicatorsChapter 18 Causal factor–based safety performance indicatorsChapter 19 Selecting safety performance indicatorsSection V: Risk assessmentChapter 20 The risk assessment processChapter 21 Coarse analysisChapter 22 Job safety analysisChapter 23 Risk assessments of machineryChapter 24 Comparison risk assessmentSection VI: Putting the pieces togetherChapter 25 The oil and gas industryChapter 26 The hydropower industryChapter 27 Work-related road transportationChapter 28 EpilogueAppendix A: DefinitionsAppendix B: SMORT checklists and questionnaireBibliography
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781498736596
Publisert
2017-03-14
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
CRC Press Inc
Vekt
940 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
570

Biographical note

Urban Kjellen, Eirik Albrechtsen