Basic Guide to System Safety

Name: Basic Guide to System Safety
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ISBN: 9780471722410

ISBN-10: 0471722413

ISBN-13: 9780471722410

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Jeffrey W. Vincoli

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Basic Guide to System Safety, Second Edition demonstrates how the various methods and techniques first developed under the principles of system safety engineering can best be applied to the every-day practice of occupational safety and health compliance. This book approaches the subject without assuming that the reader has an extensive background in system safety engineering.

Book details

List price: $96.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/31/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.32" wide x 9.50" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

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.



Preface


Acknowledgments



The System Safety Program



System Safety: An Overview



Background



System Safety and Assessment of Risk



System Safety Concepts



Fundamentals



The System Safety Process



System Safety Criteria



Cost and Risk Acceptance



Management Commitment



System Safety Program Requirements



The Safety Charter



Selling Safety to Management



The System Safety Effort



Life Cycle Phases and the System Safety Process



The Industrial Safety Connection



The Occupational Safety and Health Act



Accident Prevention through System Design



The Process of Task Analysis



Job Safety Analysis and System Safety



System Safety: An Integral Part of the Overall Organization



Probability Theory and Statistical Analysis



Introduction



Probability



Statistics



Summary



System Safety Analysis: Techniques and Methods



Preliminary Hazard Analysis



Introduction



The PHA Development Process



The Preliminary Hazard Analysis Report



PHA Example



Summary



Subsystem and System Hazard Analysis



Introduction



The Subsystem Hazard Analysis Report



SSHA Example



Summary



Operating and Support Hazard Analysis



Introduction



Ergonomics



When to Perform the O&SHA



O&SHA Example



Summary



Energy Trace and Barrier Analysis



Introduction



Uses of the ETBA



Performing the ETBA



ETBA Example



Summary



Failure Mode and Effect Analysis



Introduction



Performing a FMEA



FMEA Example



Summary



Fault or Functional Hazard Analysis



Introduction



The FHA Process



FHA Example



Summary



Fault Tree Analysis



Introduction



Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning



Constructing a Fault Tree



FTA Examples



Probability Values and the Fault Tree



Summary



Management Oversight and Risk Tree



Introduction



The MORT Analytical Chart



MORT Use



The MORT Event Tree



MORT Analysis Example



Summary



HAZOP and What-If Analyses



Introduction



Background



Team Members



Reference Data Requirements



The Concept of "Nodes"



Conducting the What-If Analysis



Conducting the HAZOP Study



The Analysis Report



Summary



Special Use Analysis Techniques



Introduction



Sneak Circuit Analysis



Software Hazard Analysis



Summary


Epilogue



Sources of Additional Information and Training



Acronyms and Abbreviations


Glossary


Bibliography


Index