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System Safety for the 21st Century The Updated and Revised Edition of System Safety 2000

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ISBN-10: 0471444545

ISBN-13: 9780471444541

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Richard A. Stephans

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List price: $161.25
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/25/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

RICHARD A. STEPHANS, PE, CSP, of ARES Corporation, has been a System Safety Society member for twenty years and has served in leadership and other Society positions at the chapter and national level. He is the recipient of several Society awards, is a Fellow member, and is current Society representative to the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. He is the coeditor of the System Safety Analysis Handbook, which is published by the System Safety Society and currently sold in thirty-seven countries.

Foreword to System Safety for the 21st Century
Foreword to System Safety 2000
Preface
Acknowledgments for System Safety for the 21st Century
Acknowledgments for System Safety 2000
Introduction to System Safety
The History of System Safety
The 1960s--MIL-STD-882, DOD, and NASA
The 1970s--The Management Oversight and Risk Tree
The 1980s--Facility System Safety
The 1990s--Risk-Based Process System Safety
The 2000s--Quest for Intrinsic Safety
Fundamentals of System Safety
Basic Definitions
Fundamental Safety Concepts
System Safety Fundamentals
System Safety Tenets
Current Approaches to System Safety
Department of Defense
NASA
Facility System Safety
The Chemical Industry
Department of Energy
Problem Areas
Standardization
Risk Assessment Codes
Data
Communications
Life Cycle
Education and Training
Human Factors
Software
The Future of System Safety
More First-Time Safe Systems
Cost-Effective Management Tools
The New Face of System Safety
Proactive or Reactive?
System Safety Program Planning and Management
Establishing the Groundwork
Generic Model
Product Safety
Dual Programs
Planning and Development Methodology
Tasks
Hazard Identification
Hazard Analysis and Control
System Safety Support Tasks
System Safety Products
System Safety Program Plan
Preliminary Hazard List
Preliminary Hazard Analysis
Hazard Tracking Log
Subsystem Hazard Analysis
System Hazard Analysis
Operating Hazard Analysis
Change Analysis Report
Accident Analysis Report
Program Implementation
Analytical Aids
Analytical Trees
Purposes
Tree Construction
Fault Trees Versus Fault Tree Analysis
Risk Assessment and Risk Acceptance
Risk Management Concepts
Risk Assessment Shortcomings
Total Risk Exposure Codes
Human Factors
Human Reliability
Human Error Rates
Improving Human Reliability
Human Factors for Engineering Design
System Safety Analysis Techniques
Energy Trace and Barrier Analysis
Purpose of ETBA
Input Requirements
General Approach
Instructions
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Purpose of FMEA
Input Requirements
General Approach
Instructions
Sample FMEA
Fault Tree Analysis
Purpose of FTA
Input Requirements
General Approach
Instructions
Sample FTA
Project Evaluation Tree
Purpose of PET
Input Requirements
General Approach
Instructions
PET User's Guide
Change Analysis
Purpose
Input Requirements
General Approach
Instructions
Management Oversight and Risk Tree
Purpose of MORT and Mini-MORT
Input Requirements
General Approach
Instructions
Event and Causal Factors Charts
Purpose
Input Requirements
General Approach
Instructions
Other Analytical Techniques
Software Hazard Analysis
Common Cause Failure Analysis
Sneak Circuit Analysis
Extreme Value Projection
Time-Loss Analysis
Additional Techniques
Process Safety
Process Safety Management
Introduction
Background
Future
Summary
List of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, Toxics and Reactives
EPA's Equivalent Process Safety Requirements--Risk Management Program (RMP)
Background
Overall Risk Management Program
Summary
Seventy-six Substances Listed Under 40 CFR 68
Process Safety Implementation
Introduction
PSM Implementation
RMP Implementation
Implementation Lessons
Summary
Process Safety Reviews
Introduction
Mechanics of an Individual Audit
Lessons
Summary
Professionalism and Professional Development
Professionalism and Professional Development
Introduction
What is Professionalism?
Professional Development
Accreditation of Certifications
Why Become Certified?
Summary
Appendices
The Scope and Functions of the Professional Safety Position
System Safety Society Fundamental Principles and Canons
Professional System Safety and Related Societies and Organizations
Glossary
References
Index