Incident Investigation and Accident Prevention in the Process and - Allied Industrie

Zusammenfassung To prevent future accidents! a complete examination of the causes and contributory factors of an accident is necessary. Stressing the need to correct these issues! Incident Investigation and Accident Prevention in the Process and Allied Industries strikes a balance between the theoretical and applied aspects of accident investigation while also addressing accident prevention.Based on the authors forty years of experience! this detailed work covers an extensive range of topics often encountered during an incident investigation. Since the scope and needs of investigations can widely vary! the author begins with an introduction that provides guidance on how to use the book. He supplies a "roadmap" of incident investigation! making the material accessible to novices yet also valuable to more seasoned investigators.Topics include:Responding to occurrence of incidents and emergency response Securing the site and handling eyewitness testimonies Notification of appropriate authorities! compliance requirements! and legal and insurance issues Internal/external incident investigation options and investigation team requirements Disassembly! gathering! screening! tagging! storing of evidence! and post-incident testing Establishing preliminary causal mechanisms and root cause determinations Multiple cause determination! incident modeling! and human error evaluation and reporting Remedial and preventative measures! lessons learned! and reconstruction and retraining Accident prevention through predictive methodologies! including pro-active measures Pre- and post-incident management Corporate structuring! attitudinal problems! and planning an accident prevention program Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction and GuidePurpose of Incident InvestigationOnsite Investigation: Initial and Other IssuesEvidence Gathering: Eyewitness Testimonies and InterviewsSpecific Questions for Evidence GatheringLegal and Insurance IssuesOnsite and Offsite Investigation TeamsDevelopment of Hypothesis for IncidentsTime Aspects: Event SequencesDetermining Preliminary Causal MechanismsEvidence: Physical and ForensicPost-Incident Testing: Assigning and Conducting Laboratory TestsKnowledge! Experience of Plant Personnel! and After EffectsPotential for Human ErrorMultiple Cause DeterminationIncident Modeling - Quantifying Health and Plant ImpactsCommon Cause Failures! and Some Common FailuresGetting the Analysis RightReport Documentation and CommunicationIncident Prevention and Remediation Measures Following an IncidentLessons Learned! Regrouping! Repairing! and Reconstruction! Re-TrainingAccident Prevention: The Role of Predictive MethodologiesAccident Prevention: Pro-Active MeasuresAccident Prevention: Pre- and Post Incident ManagementAccident Prevention: Corporate Structuring and Attitudinal Problems Accident Prevention: Planning for Accident PreventionAppendix A: Aspects of Typical Incident Report DocumentationAppendix B: Emergency Response Analysis Appendix C: Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) and Other TestsAppendix D. Plant Safety ProgramAppendix E: Process Hazards Analysis MethodsAppendix F: Management of Change (MOC)Appendix G: Photographic IssuesAppendix H: Human Error Assessment and Reduction Technique (HEART)Appendix I: Explosion Energy]Appendix J: Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)Appendix K: List of Methodologies Commonly Used in Incident InvestigationAcronyms and TermsRecommended Reading and Reference Material ...

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Hyatt, Nigel (Dyadem Hyatt, Hyatt Nigel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2006
• EAN: 9780849307782
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-0778-2
• No. of pages: 600
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering