Title Statements
- Full title :Challenging the Safety Quo.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2017.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1351364677, 9781351364676
- oclc:on1012206953
- Dewey Decimal:658.40800000000002
Table of Contents
Cover -- Half Title -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Part I -- Introduction -- 1 The problem -- About this book -- Note -- Reference -- 2 The cast list -- Management -- Workers -- Safety professionals -- Reference -- 3 The maturity relevance -- Reference -- 4 The paradigm shift -- Part I summary -- Part II -- Truths, half-truths and downright myths -- 5 The triangular fallacy -- Correlation and causality -- Statistics -- Key points -- References -- 6 The priority confusion
Lip ServicerWell Intentioner -- What is safety anyway? -- Key points -- Reference -- 7 The benefit faÃade -- Key points -- 8 The number crunch -- Statistical traps -- Impact of randomness -- Key points -- References -- 9 The measurement folly -- Safety performance goals -- What to measure? -- Reporting it -- Key points -- References -- 10 The communication gap -- Safety professional -- Management -- Key points -- 11 The zero paradox -- What is zero harm? -- Acceptability -- How realistic is it? -- The impact
Managing risk appetiteKey points -- 12 The worker implication -- Eighty-eight per cent of accidents are caused by worker behaviour -- Decision making …
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