System Safety for the 21st Century

System Safety for the 21st Century
 
Explore an authoritative and complete exploration of basic and advanced concepts in system safety engineering
 
The Second Edition of System Safety for the 21st Century delivers an authoritative primer on the identification, evaluation, analysis, and control of hazards to people, components, sub-systems, systems, processes, and facilities. The book offers readers a complete discussion on techniques within system safety, the discipline on process safety, as well as a comprehensive treatment on professionalism within the safety industry.
 
This new edition applies the concepts of system safety to medical disciplines and medical devices, offering readers the potential to have a significantly positive impact on the standing of American medical safety in the world. The latest edition also includes:
* A brand-new chapter on the risk management with current international and U.S. government standards
* New material on process safety including EPA and OSHA implementation and external reviews
* An Instructor Solutions Manual that includes course content and 30 chapters of review questions and answers
* Further clarifications on difficult concepts from the First Edition with updated appendices and references
 
Relevant to academia, industry, and government, System Safety for the 21st Century is an essential resource for anyone studying or implementing and managing proactive hazard identification and risk control techniques and procedures.

Sommario

Foreword xiii
 
Preface xv
 
Acknowledgments xvii
 
About The Companion Website xix
 
Part I Introduction to System Safety 1
 
1. The History of System Safety 3
 
The 1960s--Mil-Std-882, DoD, and Nasa 4
 
The 1970s--The Management Oversight and Risk Tree 4
 
The 1980s--Facility System Safety 5
 
The 1990s--Risk-Based Process System Safety 6
 
The 2000s--Quest for Intrinsic Safety 6
 
The 2010s--Risk Management Integration 7
 
The 2020s--Improvements and International Approach to Risk Maturing 7
 
Review Questions 8
 
Bibliography 8
 
2. Fundamentals of System Safety 9
 
Basic Definitions 9
 
Fundamental Safety Concepts 9
 
System Safety Fundamentals 13
 
System Safety Tenets 18
 
Review Questions 19
 
Bibliography 19
 
3. Current Approaches to System Safety 21
 
Department of Defense 21
 
Nasa 26
 
Facility System Safety 28
 
The Chemical Industry 31
 
Department of Energy 32
 
Review Questions 34
 
Bibliography 35
 
4. Problem Areas 37
 
Standardization 38
 
Risk Assessment Codes 39
 
Data 40
 
Communications 40
 
Life Cycle 41
 
Education and Training 41
 
Human Factors 41
 
Software 42
 
Review Questions 42
 
Bibliography 42
 
5. The Future of System Safety 43
 
More First-Time
 
Safe Systems 43
 
Cost-Effective Management Tools 43
 
The Face of System Safety 44
 
Proactive or Reactive? 47
 
Review Questions 47
 
Bibliography 47
 
Part II System Safety Program Planning and Management 49
 
6. Establishing the Groundwork 51
 
Generic Model 51
 
Product Safety 51
 
Dual Programs 52
 
Planning and Development Methodology 52
 
Review Questions 53
 
7. Tasks 55
 
Hazard Identification 56
 
Hazard Analysis and Control 58
 
System Safety Support Tasks 60
 
Review Questions 61
 
8. System Safety Products 63
 
System Safety Program Plan 63
 
Preliminary Hazard List 64
 
Preliminary Hazard Analysis 66
 
Hazard Tracking Log 67
 
Subsystem Hazard Analysis 68
 
System Hazard Analysis 71
 
Operating Hazard Analysis 72
 
Change Analysis Report 73
 
Accident Analysis Report 74
 
Review Questions 75
 
9. Program Implementation 77
 
Steps 77
 
Review Questions 88
 
Table of Contents vii
 
10. Risk Management 89
 
Introduction 89
 
Types of Risk 89
 
Risk Management 90
 
Review Questions 96
 
Bibliography 96
 
Part Iii Analytical Aids 101
 
11. Analytical Trees 103
 
Purposes 104
 
Tree Construction 105
 
Fault Trees Versus Fault Tree Analysis 110
 
Review Questions 115
 
Bibliography 115
 
12. Risk Assessment and Risk Acceptance 117
 
Risk Management Concepts 117
 
Risk Assessment Shortcomings 123
 
Total Risk Exposure Codes 124
 
Review Questions 126
 
Bibliography 126
 
13. Human Factors 127
 
Human Reliability 127
 
Human Error Rates 129
 
Improving Human Reliability 130
 
Human Factors for Engineering Design 132
 
Review Questions 135
 
Bibliography 135
 
Part IV System Safety Analysis Techniques 137
 
14. Energy Trace and Barr

Info autore

Richard A. Stephans semi-retired consultant, former PE, CSP (and Board member of BCSP), CEM, has been an International System Safety Society member for more than thirty years and a Society Fellow, who has served in local and national Society positions, and received several Society awards to include Engineer of the Year. He is coeditor of the System Safety Analysis Handbook, a publication of the International System Safety Society. Stephans is a retired Army Colonel, Paratrooper, Ranger, nuclear weapons specialist, and Vietnam War veteran.

Riassunto

System Safety for the 21st Century

Explore an authoritative and complete exploration of basic and advanced concepts in system safety engineering

The Second Edition of System Safety for the 21st Century delivers an authoritative primer on the identification, evaluation, analysis, and control of hazards to people, components, sub-systems, systems, processes, and facilities. The book offers readers a complete discussion on techniques within system safety, the discipline on process safety, as well as a comprehensive treatment on professionalism within the safety industry.

This new edition applies the concepts of system safety to medical disciplines and medical devices, offering readers the potential to have a significantly positive impact on the standing of American medical safety in the world. The latest edition also includes:
* A brand-new chapter on the risk management with current international and U.S. government standards
* New material on process safety including EPA and OSHA implementation and external reviews
* An Instructor Solutions Manual that includes course content and 30 chapters of review questions and answers
* Further clarifications on difficult concepts from the First Edition with updated appendices and references

Relevant to academia, industry, and government, System Safety for the 21st Century is an essential resource for anyone studying or implementing and managing proactive hazard identification and risk control techniques and procedures.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephans, RA Stephans, Richard A Stephans, Richard A. Stephans, Richard A. (Ares Corporation Stephans, Stephans Richard A.
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781119634751
• ISBN: 978-1-119-63475-1
• Pagine: 416
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Scienze naturali; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Chimica; Chemie, Arbeitssicherheit, Arbeitsschutz, chemistry, Health & Social Care, Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen, Chemical and Environmental Health and Safety, Arbeitssicherheit u. Umweltschutz i. d. Chemie, Arbeitsschutz u. Arbeitssicherheit, Occupational Health & Safety