System safety engineering and risk assessment : a practical approach / Nicholas J. Bahr.

Previous edition: Washington, D.C.: Taylor & Francis, 1997.

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Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Author; ; Introduction; Why Do We Need Safety Engineering?; What Is Safety Analysis?; System Safety and Risk Assessment; Government Safety Regulations versus Safety from Industry’s Point of View; Brief History of Safety; References; Further Reading; ; Definitions and Concepts; Makeup of an Accident; How Safe Is Safe Enough?; Case Study: Black Swan Extreme Events,

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; The Accident; What Went Wrong?; Media Nightmare; Lessons Learned of What Could Have Been Done Differently; What Is a Hazard and Other Important Concepts; System Safety versus Safety Management System; System Safety Process; Hazard Identification; Hazard Control; Risk Acceptance; Risk Management versus Safety Management; Hazard Reduction Precedence; Design Out the Hazard; Safety Devices; Warning Devices; Special Procedures and Training; Safety Maturity Model and Safety Management Systems; Leading and Lagging Safety Performance Indicators; Use of Standards in Safety; Government Standards; Industry Standards; Regional Standards,

Example: Interoperability in the European Union; International Standards; References; Further Reading; ; Safety Analysis in Engineering: How Is It Used?; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Chemical Process and Oil and Gas Industry; Aviation; Mass Transit; Military and Space; Commercial Nuclear Power; References; Further Reading; ; Safety Management Systems; Safety in the System Life Cycle; System Life Cycle; Safety and the System Life Cycle; Case Studies of Poor Application of Safety in the System Life Cycle; Developing a Robust Safety Management System; Elements of a Safety Management System; Conducting a Diagnostic of Your Safety Management System; Organizational Management and Safety; Management Commitment; Suggested Ideas to Enhance Management Involvement; Safety Management System Organization; System Safety Program: Keystone to a Robust Safety Management System; Elements of a System

Safety Program; Setting Up a System Safety Program; Evaluating Contractors and Subcontractors; Emergency Preparedness Programs; Case Study: How a Leading Global Personal Care Products Company Created a Best Practice Safety Program; Common Mistakes in Implementing Safety Programs; Closed-Loop Process; Hazard Tracking and Resolution; System Safety Reviews and Audits; Case Study: Special Commission of Inquiry, Waterfall Rail Accident Safety Management System Audit; Some Words on Safety Governance; Voluntary Protection Program; Safety Culture; What Is Safety Culture?; Measuring Safety Culture; Designing Sustainable Safety Culture: Fitting a Global Company’s Corporate Safety Program into the Local Culture; References; Further Reading; ; Hazard Analysis; Hazard Analysis Methodology; Preliminary Hazard List; Passenger-Carrying Submersible Example; Hazard Analysis: Preliminary, Subsystem,

and System; Facility Hazard Analysis; Operations and Support Hazard Analysis; Examples of Hazard Analyses; Example Hazard Analysis of NASA Laser; Brief Example of a Hazardous Waste Storage Facility Hazard Analysis; References; Further Reading; ; Process Safety Analysis; Process Hazard Analysis; HAZOP; What-If Analysis and Safety Checklists; Brief HAZOP Example of an Ammonia Fill Station; Example What-If/Safety Checklist for Pressure Test Equipment; References; Further Reading; ; Fault Tree Analysis; Fault Tree Symbols and Logic; Finding Cut Sets; Fault Tree Quantification; Example of a Fault Tree Construction of a Motor–Pump Pressure System; Common Mistakes in Fault Trees; References; Further Reading; ; FMECA, Human Factors, and Software Safety; Failure Modes and Effects Analysis; Conducting a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis; Failure Modes, Effects,

and Criticality Analysis; Human Factors Safety Analysis; Performance and Human Error; Conducting Human Factors Safety Analysis; Brief Example of Human Factors Safety Analysis: Manual Switchover to Auxiliary Feedwater System; Software Safety; Software Safety Analysis; Software Testing and IV&V; References; Further Reading; ; Other Techniques; MORT; Energy Trace Barrier Analysis; Sneak Circuit Analysis; Cause–Consequence Analysis; Root Cause Analysis; Bow Tie Analysis; Dispersion Modeling; Test Safety; Comparing the Various Techniques; Advantages and Disadvantages; References; Further Reading; ; Data Sources and Training; Government Data Banks; Industry Data Banks; Creating Your Own Safety Knowledge Management System: Some Suggestions; Safety Training; Employee Safety Training; Emergency Preparedness and Response Training; Personnel Certification for Hazardous

Operations; Sample Safety Training Course Outline for a Microprocessor Production Plant; Safety Awareness Training; References; Further Reading; ; Accident Reporting, Investigation, Documentation,

and Communication; Anatomy of an Accident; Accident Investigation Board; Reporting the Accident; Setting Up a Closed-Loop Reporting System; Example of an Automated System; Forming an Investigation Board; Selecting the Investigation Board; Conducting the Investigation; Investigation Report; Documenting the Accident; Retention of Records; Public Release of Information; Accident Investigation Lessons Learned; Communicating the Accident to the Public; Developing a Crisis Communication Plan; Common Mistakes: What Not to Say and Do; References; Further Reading; ; Government Regulations and Safety Oversight; Safety Regulatory Oversight; Key Components of a Safety Regulatory Regime; Description of Different Regulatory Oversight Models; Case Study: Setting Up a Safety Oversight Body from Scratch; Safety Oversight Functions and Governance; More Effective Safety Service Delivery; Safety

Oversight Organization Options; Sample Safety Oversight Organization; Example Process Safety Oversight in the United States; Aligning Resource Needs to the Oversight Organization: How to Do More with Less; Case Study: U.S.

Federal Aviation Administration, Improving Oversight through System Safety; Common Mistakes in Government Oversight Programs; References; Further Reading; ; Risk Assessment; What Is Risk?; Risk Perception; Risk Assessment Methodology; Identifying Risk in a System; Risk Communication; References; Further Reading; ; Risk Evaluation; Probabilistic Approach; Risk Analysis Model; Developing Accident Scenarios and Initiating Events; Event Trees; Consequences Determination; Uncertainty; Risk Evaluation: The Use of Risk Profiles; Calculating Safety Costs; Brief Example: Risk Assessment of Launching a Space Shuttle Payload; References; Further Reading; ; Appendix A: Typical Energy Sources; Appendix B: Generic Hazard Checklist; Appendix C: Generic Facility Safety Checklist; Appendix D: Internet Sources; Index;

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