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This book draws practical examples from functioning programs to demonstrate the most prevalent approaches to system safety today. Readers can quickly familiarize themselves with the essentials of everyday system safety in such vital areas as the interaction between occupational and system safety, integrating system safety into equipment design, OSHA compliance, and hazard analysis.
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Provides a nuts–and–bolts understanding of current system safety practices
Basic Guide to System Safety is an ideal primer for practicing occupational safetyand health professionals and industrial safety engineers needing a quick introductionto system safety principles. Designed to familiarize the reader with the applicationof scientific and engineering principles for the timely identification of hazards, thisbook efficiently outlines the essentials of system safety and its impact on day–to–dayoccupational safety and health.
Divided into two main parts The System Safety Program and System Safety Analysis: Techniques and Methods this easy–to–understand book covers:
- System safety concepts
- System safety program requirements
- Probability theory and statistical analysis
- Preliminary hazard analysis
- Failure mode and effect analysis
- Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and what–if analyses
The Second Edition reflects current industry practices with a new chapter on the basic concepts, utility, and function of HAZOP and what–if analyses, two analytical techniques that have been routinely and successfully used in the petrochemical industry for decades. In addition, expanded coverage on the use of the job safety analysis (JSA) adds practical examples emphasizing its value and understanding.
About the Author
JEFFREY W. VINCOLI, CSP, received the Performance Excellence Award in 2002 for his work at the World Trade Center disaster recovery. Currently, he is the Manager of Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Assessments and Procedures for Bechtel Corporation. He has decades of experience as a consultant and professional safety engineer for companies including McDonnell Douglas/Boeing. He is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the System Safety Society, and the National Environmental Health Association and has written numerous journal articles on occupational safety.
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- PublisherWiley–Blackwell
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0471285196
- ISBN 13 9780471285199
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages206
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