Basic guide to system safety

"This book provides guidance on including prevention through design concepts within an occupational safety and health management system. Through the application of these concepts, decisions pertaining to occupational hazards and risks can be incorporated into the process of design and redesign of work premises, tools, equipment, machinery, substances, and work processes including their construction, manufacture, use, maintenance, and ultimate disposal or reuse. These techniques provide guidance for a life-cycle assessment and design model that balances environmental and occupational safety and health goals over the life span of a facility, process, or product. The new edition is expanded to include primer information on the use of safety assurance techniques in design and construction"--Provided by publisher

Includes index.

1. System Safety: An Overview -- Background -- The Difference Between Industrial Safety and System Safety -- System Safety and the Assessment of Risk -- 2. System Safety Concepts -- Fundamentals -- The System Safety Process -- System Safety Criteria -- Hazard Severity -- Hazard Probability -- The Hazard Risk Matrix -- System Safety Precedence -- Cost and Risk Acceptance -- Quantitative-Risk Assessment -- Principles of Risk Management -- Management Commitment.

3. System Safety Program Requirements -- The Safety Charter -- Selling Safety to Management -- The System Safety Effort -- Closed-Loop Hazard Tracking System -- Accident Risk Assessment -- Mishap/Accident/Incident Reporting -- Facility Inspection Reports -- System Safety Analyses -- Life Cycle Phases and the System Safety Process -- Concept Phase -- Design Phase -- Production Phase -- Operations Phase -- Disposal Phase.

4. The Industrial Safety Connection -- The Occupational Safety and Health Act -- The Human Factors Element -- Accident Prevention Through System Design -- The Process of Task Analysis -- The Job Safety Analysis and System Safety -- Guidelines for Preparing a Job Safety Analysis -- Signatures and Approvals --…