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Here is a comprehensive, practical guide to how to build safety into products and industrial processes.It discusses how to implement a cost-effective safety management program, and the best system safety techniques from a range of different industries, with examples. It also demonstrates how to set up data management systems and how to set up an accident investigation board, and carry out risk assessment and risk evaluation.Numerous examples of real-life engineering are also included with practical tips and suggestions. ... Read more

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Easy to read, informative, comprehendible.
The book is very easy reading. It has a good format and seems to have some good information. Good examples of analysis methods.

A great textbook
System Safety Engineering And Risk Assessment is an excellent reference on how to engineer safety and manage risk. The clarity of the writing combined with understandable examples makes this book an outstanding text for a course on engineering safe systems.

This book starts by introducing the need and benefits of implementing a system safety program providing context for the later material.Key safety concepts and definitions are then introduced with references to relevant government and industry standards. A pragmatic discussion follows on the necessity of management and organizational support for an effective safety program. The book then details specific techniques for hazard identification and analysis including HAZOP, fault tree, FMEA, FMECA and a few lesser known methodologies. The overview of human factors analysis begins with the observation that "human error is an out-of-tolerance action within the human machine system."This discussion provides a comprehensive framework for the more advanced material referenced in the section. The only weakness was the following section on software safety, which lacked detailed descriptions of state-of-practice analysis techniques. The analysis section is strengthened by the discussion of accident and failure reporting systems and the associated databases that are used to support accident and reliability analyses. The final chapters of the book provide a practical discussion of how to manage risk using tailored versions the various techniques introduced in the previous sections.

All in all, this is a worthwhile reference for systems engineers and safety officials.

Illuminating Systems Safety Overview
In this book, Nicholas Bahr has taken the complex discipline of systems safety and made it accessible in a logical, useful format. The book is clear and well illustrated (although a couple of the charts are a bit cumbersome and unwieldy), and calls upon numerous case studies to illustrate key points. There are separate chapters of Hazard Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Safety Analysis in Engineering, and Safety Management.

While useful for engineers (particularly in the chemical processing or nuclear fields), this book is written in comprehensible terms that do not require an engineering background or technical education to understand. In fact, I believe that the biggest beneficiaries of this book are not engineers at all, but non-technical managers, who desperately need to understand safety systems, but often don't. In fact the chapter on Safety Management should be required reading for any manager in a safety critical environment, as it is an excellent "how to" guide to safety management of complex systems. This chapter has examples of correct safety management, and more importantly, excellent examples of the perils of management unwillingness to prioritize safety. The case study of the Nypro UK cyclohexane plant explosion in Flixborough, England is the best detailed, and has universal applications to safety systems across varying industries. The loss of the shuttle 'Challenger' is also reviewed from a systems safety vantage point, but while there are many errors to be analyzed and learned from there, more of the lessons are industry specific than are the lessons from the Flixborough example.

I used this book in a graduate class on systems safety. This is one of the best safety books I have seen, and is the most concise text on systems safety that I have ever read, far better, for instance, than the works of Perrow. Mr. Bahr is to be commended for his work; I look forward to reading more by him in the future.

A good book for the student and the experienced professional
I used this book to teach system safety engineering to graduate students.The author provides the reader a background into system safety that lays the ground work for a functional and proactive system safety process.Thisbook provided workable examples to the student for comprehension of thematerial.Students as well as the instructor had a better understanding ofsystem safety and the integrationof the processes into general industrialand avaition safety programs/processes. I wish I had this book when I wastrying to explain to my management what system safety engineering was andhow it benefits the engineering department. ... Read more

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Comprehensive in scope, it describes the process of system safety--from the creation and management of a safety program on a system under development to the analysis that must be performed as this system is designed and produced to assure acceptable risk in its operation. Unique in its coverage, it is the only work on this subject that combines full descriptions of the management and analysis processes and procedures in one handy volume. Designed for both system safety managers and engineers, it incorporates the safety procedures used by the Department of Defense and NASA and explains basic statistical methods and network analysis methods which provide an understanding of the engineering analysis methods that follow. ... Read more

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Decent executive level intro
While starting to show its age, Moriarty's text is a sound introduction to the executive-level or program manager as to what his safety guys are doing, why they hold up his schedule and why he pays them so much.

For the supervised safety practitioner the text introduces common concepts but doesn't really do modern, embedded control systems justice.

The text is expensive and not what I would consider value for money.

Overall a good book with some problems.
Overall, the book does a great job of covering the many areas of System Safety. It is the best book I've found on the topic.

However, this year I started teaching from this book. And when you teach you really discoverthe shortcomings of a text. It is frustrating when the author uses acronymswithout explaination. I've also been running into minor math errors oroversights in formulas (e.g. defining a function f(x) and using 't' in theequation as the independent variable).

I think the attempt to cover allof the material resulted in a brief overview of these areas and took awayfrom the quality of coverage. Still, I haven't seen a better book on thetopic and if the worst you can say is that it could have been better, thatsnot bad. ... Read more

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Safety has become very important because each year a vast number of people die due to workplace and other accidents. For example, in the United States for the year 1996 as per the National Safety Council, there were 93,400 deaths and 20,700,000 disabling injuries due to workplace accidents, with a total loss of $121 billion. Today there are a large number of books available on safety, but to the best of the author's knowledge none covers both general and systems safety (i.e., at a significant depth) and application or specialized areas such as software safety, robot safety, health care safety, and maintenance safety. This book has been written to satisfy that vital need. ... Read more

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Identify and Control Safety Hazards on Construction Sitesto Reduce Worker Injuries and Increase Productivity

Construction Safety Engineering Principles: Designing & Managing Safer Job Sites equips architects, engineers, and construction managers with a step-by-step methodology for identifying and controlling hazards before construction starts. The book explains how to look beyond the utility of machinery and equipment to how they will actually be used on a construction site_and thereby spot potential hazards in advance.

Safety expert David MacCollum presents examples of the 50 most common construction hazards, showing how they can be eliminated by means of proven design techniques and technologies. He explains how to prevent falls from elevations with safe access systems, get rid of blind zones behind mobile equipment, utilize control systems that cannot be unintentionally activated, avoid crane accidents, and much more. Packed with detailed illustrations, Construction Safety Engineering Principles enables construction professionals to:

• Design and plan safer construction sites for residential, commercial, and industrial projects
• Correct safety problems before construction begins
• Dramatically reduce costly worker injuries and job delays
• Increase productivity and create a more cost-effective project

Improve Safety Conditions on Any Construction Site!

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For more than 50 years, professionals have relied on the Accident Prevention Manuals for unbiased, well-researched information on best practices in safety and health. The manuals outline industry standards for progressive safety programs and administrative practices reflecting current industry trends and regulations. This comprehensive manual focuses on facilities, workplace exposure and protections, materials handling and production operation. Topics include: Buildings and facility layout, Maintenance of facilities, PPE, electrical equipment, Fire protection, Workers with disabilities, Manual handling and materials storage, and Hand and portable power tools Also included are new chapters on: Nanomaterials in the workplace, and Occupational medical surveillance In addition, revised and updated chapters on: Facility construction, and Safety through design This newest edition keeps you on the cutting edge of safety engineering and technological design for industrial facilities. ... Read more

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Quick shipment and product was better than previously described
The seller was quick to ship the book. The book was brand new....did not seem to be ever opened. Thanks ... Read more

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Developing an Effective Safety Culture implements a simple philosophy, namely that working safely is a cultural issue.An effective safety culture will eventually lead to the desired goal of zero incidents in the work place, and this book will provide an understanding of what is needed to reach this goal.The authors present reference material for all phases of building a safety management system and ultimately developing a safety program that fits the culture.

This volume offers the most comprehensive approach to developing an effective safety culture. Information is easily accessible as the authors move first through, understanding the cost of incidents, then to perspectives and descriptions of management systems, principal management leadership traits, establishing and evaluating goals and objectives, providing visible leadership, and assigning required responsibilities. In addition, you are given the means to systematically identifying hazards and develop your own hazard inventory and control system.

Further information on OSHA requirements for training, behavior-based safety processes, and the development of a job hazard analysis for each task is available as well. Valuable case studies, from the authors' own experience in the industry, are used throughout to demonstrate the concepts presented.

* Provides the tools to rebuild or enhance a desired safety culture
* Allows you to identify a program that will fit your specific application
* Examines different philosophies in relation to safety culture development ... Read more

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Great book for safety managers and coordinators
"Developing an Effective Safety Culture" has made a significant difference in the safety culture in the facility where I currently work. The book was clear and concise in helping lead management in the direction that needed to be taken to change the culture in the "right" direction.Safety goals and objectives have since been achieved, using the book's guidance, that have never been done in the forty year history of this manufacturing facility.I would recommend this book to anyone in the safety field or anyone who has a management role or anyone who has a stalemate at their facility and wants new ideas on how to change their safety culture for the better.

Excellent reference book!
I work in claims & risk management for an insurance broker. I purchased this book for myself four years ago. It quickly became my Bible for helping accounts develop sustainable safety cultures. I have purchased at least three additional copies for people responsible for safety programs at three of our accounts. In the opinion of all of us, the info in this book is useful, immediate, practical.

The book is filled with summaries, sample forms, detailed chapters. Being somewhat modular, I frequently pick and choose certain sections for certain accounts depending on where the account is on the spectrum of safety program and safety culture evolution. Very easy to use; in depth; flows logically.

I strongly recommend it as a primary reference for developing and strengthening safety programs and sustainable safety cultures.

Safety Management Basics
Overall the text is quite good in explaining safety management concepts which are highly effective.

I believe it would make a good text for a safety management course.

The book gets into some topics that aren't needed to explain the concepts presented making the text larger than necessary.There is some redundancy of information in the way the text is structured / written.

I purchased additional copies for clients.

Definitely a worthwhile read for safety managers without a business systems background or managers needing to understand how to insert safety management aspects into an existing performance management process.A good review of some basic concepts that many fail to properly implement.

Steve High, MS,CSP,ARM
www.highsafety.com

Developing an Effective Safety Culture: A Leadership Approach
This book is for the novice. Approach presented to developing an effective safety culture is heavily based on OSHA. Anything based on government requirements is minimalist at best. I was dissapointed in the book and regret purchasing it.

Thumb Print Plan for Safety
What the authors of this book provided, whether they realized it or not, was a "blue-print plan" for a new safety advisor, director, manager, or other safety professional, to get a safety program up and running from scratch for any organization. Especially chapter 10. If I would have had chapter 10 to follow as a guide when I was a new Safety Advisor, I would have had the instructions I so desperately needed at the time to help build the safest work environment possible. I had safety in the heart, but not the means to establish a safety plan. Simply put, one can take the Safety Culture book and build the perfect safety program for an organization. The book is a step by step blue-print. - Tommy Bristow ... Read more

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Safety Engineering
Book was shipped in the amount of time Amazon had said.Good condition even with it being used. ... Read more

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The new Safety Engineering provides an overview of the fundamentals with expanded coverage of practical information for protecting workers and complying with federal regulations. This new edition features eight new chapters--including Thermal Stress, Security and Vulnerability Assessment, Computer and Data Security, Contemporary Problems Affecting Workers, and Preventing Workplace Violence--and it examines the safety industry's new homeland security responsibilities and needs. Written for a wide variety of readers, including safety directors, supervisors, government officials, and students, this handy yet comprehensive reference book looks at the paperwork side of safety: from identifying regulatory requirements and conducting accident investigations to preparing an emergency response plan and complying with recordkeeping requirements. It also examines specific OSHA standards and their requirements from the Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations. ... Read more

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Truly unique, this is the first book to present a thoroughly scientific and practical approach to designing highways for maximum safety. Based on original research plus scrupulously collected data amassed over more two decades in different continents by the main author, this important book originates vital criteria for safe design and shows you how best to achieve roads with the lowest possible accident risk and severity rates. A true must-read for highway engineers and safety officials, Highway Design and Traffic Safety Engineering Handbook provides up-to-date information that is available nowhere else and a complete, practical program for designing the safest possible roadways. The authors, who are noted international authorities on highway safety, give you essential information on sound new designs, design cases to avoid, examples of good and poor solutions, the redesign of existing roads, and far more. In addition, this valuable and necessary resource gives you serious help coordinating safety concerns with important economic, environmental, and aesthetic considerations. The new standard in highway design methods, this book will become a keystone in every highway designer's library. ... Read more

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Essential reading for traffic engineers
HIGHWAY DESIGN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ENGINEERING HANDBOOK Ruediger Lamm, Basil Psarianos, Theodor Mailaender

Most geometric designers believe that, if they have the Green Book and the Highway Capacity Manual on theirbookshelves, they don=t need anything more other than, possibly, theirclient=s Geometric Design Manual.Wrong - this belief is about as usefulas belief in the tooth fairy or the four-leaf clover.McGraw-Hill has justpublished a new book, authored by Ruediger Lamm, Basil Psarianos, TheodorMailander et al.It contains 26 chapters running to just over 1000 pagesand can be bought from www.amazon.com. For any designer who isreally interested in getting road users from origin to destination inreasonable safety, this book is a must.

Lamm and his co-authors point outthat design standards are nothing more than just limits and it is thecombination of elements, all of which would conceivably be to values equalto or much higher than the specified minima, that dictate whether a road istruly safe or not.For example, the long tangent followed by a 120 mradius curve could, perfectly accurately, be described as being to a designspeed of 60 km/h.The accident rate would, however, beawe-inspiring.

Many authors have pointed out in the past that the truehallmark of a safe design is its consistency and have offered variousmethods whereby the consistency of design can be evaluated.I submit thatLamm et al have provided the definitive measures of consistency of design. They go further and offer methods whereby necessary design improvements canalso be quantified in terms of the enhancement in the level of safety thatthey bring about.To this end, they have carried out a major internationalstudy of the accident rates associated with the dimensions of the variouselements of the road.

For example, with regard to horizontal alignment,they propose three criteria for evaluating the quality of design.Theseare:

Harmonising design speed and operating speed Achieving consistencyin operating speed Providing adequate driving dynamic safety

Models areoffered whereby the operating and design speeds can be assessed and,consequently, the three criteria quantified.Ultimately, design elementsare classified into three levels of quality (generally good, fair or baddesign) based on a comparison of the calculated values with thresholdvalues that the authors have established as being reasonably indicative ofthe various levels of design.

The vertical alignment and cross-sectionare also exhaustively addressed with very important chapters on sightdistance and three-dimensional alignment.The latter is a major problembecause a perfect vertical alignment incorrectly superimposed on a perfecthorizontal alignment can still have disastrous consequences, as the authorspoint out.

The safety audit process is still in its infancy in mostcountries and, where applied, it relies totally on the experience andjudgment of very senior designers. AND

The Highway Design and Traffic Safety Engineering Handbook byRuediger Lamm, Basil Psarianos andTheodor Mailaender ... Read more

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Discusses safety and reliability issues. A report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Paper. ... Read more

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Long known as the leader in advanced fire service training materials, Fire Engineering Books & Videos is proud to announce a new way to train the next generation of firefighters: Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II. Glenn Corbett, Fire Engineering magazine's technical editor, has assembled the top names in firefighting to compile what will be the most authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date basics book for Firefighter I and II classes. This real-world guide will meet the 2008 NFPA Standards 1001 & 472 and offer innovative ways to train the next generation of firefighters. Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II is a thorough guide that engages the student and satisfies the needs of the instructor by covering basic fire topics and addressing techniques and issues that are relevant to the firefighter candidate. Inside these pages the instructor will find expert advice from the nationally-known leaders from Fire Engineering magazine and FDIC. With full-color throughout, at-a-glance information, color photos, and detailed illustrations, the reader will easily make his way through our book without being overwhelmed or distracted by unnecessary elements. If you're ready for a new approach to training Firefighter I and II, look no further than the leaders in fire service education: Fire Engineering. ... Read more

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Fire Safety Engineering: Design of Structures provides the knowledge needed to design a structure which will withstand the effects of fire.

The book covers everything from design concerns and philosophies, regulatory control, the behaviour characteristics of natural fires through to the properties of different materials at elevated temperatures.

Focusing on the fire sections of the Structural Eurocodes, the book provides detailed design advice on each of the main structural elements such as concrete, steel, composite steel-concrete, timber, and masonry, aluminium, plastics and glass.

J. A Purkiss, Consultant, previously lectured Structural Engineering at Aston University. His main areas of research were the behaviour of concrete, concrete composite materials and concrete structures at elevated temperatures, the experimental determination of the effects of spalling and its modelling using coupled heat and mass transfer, the determination of the characteristics of fire damaged concrete structures.

* Design methods based on the fire sections of the new Structural Eurocodes
* Worked calculations and examples clearly illustrate the effect of temperature rise and structural performance of structural elements
* Essential reading for Structural Engineers, Building Designers, Architects, Fire Engineers and Building Control Officers ... Read more

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Safety Culture and Effective Safety Management is a compilation of readings about safety cultures and how they function in specific organizations. This unprecedented compilation presents discussions on what safety culture is, what elements within organizations influence safety cultures, and a variety of both traditional and new methods to use to bring about positive culture change.

The volume encompasses research findings on corporate cultures and safety cultures, the safety myths that safety professionals must debunk, methods of measuring and motivating safety performance, and tips on organizing safety and health programs in small-to-large companies and national-to-international corporations. Many important industries are discussed: mining, refineries, shipping, chemical, manufacturing and advanced technologies. Perspectives are presented, including those of behavioralists, organized labor, safety professionals, academics and grassroots workers. ... Read more

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A variety of approaches are given so the reader can select the methodology best suited. It discusses the fundamental skills, techniques, and tools of auditing, and the characteristics of a good process safety management system. And, since information needed for review in the audit may be scattered or undocumented, it offers suggestions on what to look for and where. Whether your company is large or small, whether you are experienced with auditing or just developing a system, consistent use of the techniques presented can significantly improve your audit and your process safety management. ... Read more

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Covers a Host of Groundbreaking Techniques

Thermal processing is known to effectively control microbial populations in food, but the procedure also has a downside―it can break down the biochemical composition of foods, resulting in a marked loss of sensory and nutritional quality. Processing Effects on Safety and Quality of Foods delineates three decades of advances made in processing techniques that produce microbiologically safe foods, while maintaining their sensory and nutritive properties.

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Inherently safer plants begin with the initial design. Here is where integrity and reliability can be built in at the lowest cost, and with maximum effectiveness. This book focuses on process safety issues in the design of chemical, petrochemical, and hydrocarbon processing facilities. It discusses how to select designs that can prevent or mitigate the release of flammable or toxic materials, which could lead to a fire, explosion, or environmental damage. All engineers on the design team, the process hazard analysis team, and those who make basic decisions on plant design, will benefit from its comprehensive coverage, its organization, and the extensive references to literature, codes, and standards that accompany each chapter. ... Read more

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Extensively rewritten, reorganized, and updated to match the curriculum standard as defined by the Center for the Advancement of Process Technology (CAPT), this Second Edition offers an easy-to-follow investigation into the entire spectrum of safety, health, and environmental concerns related to the process industry.Coherent coverage is designed to take learners on a straightforward journey towards understanding the plethora of important regulatory issues governing today's chemical processing arena.Readers will acquire valuable process technology insight as they become acutely familiar with accident prevention, risk assessment and management, policy and procedures preparation, plant operations safety, and more. ... Read more

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hot off the press
Book still had the fresh smell of ink.Received in excellent condition and in about a week. ... Read more

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A clear and concise reference guide on integrating fire protection design, Fire Protection Engineering in Building Design encompasses not only the basic information on the functions, design, and applications of fire protection systems; but also reveals how this information can and should be integrated with every other major engineering discipline.

Protecting people, buildings and the environment from the impact of fire requires a comprehensive, systematic approach that includes the analysis of fire hazards as well as the design, installation and maintenance of fire detection, suppression and communications systems.Jane Lataille takes the reader beyond these basic issues and includes information on mitigating potential fire damage through proper design and construction of buildings, industrial processes and utility systems.

Through specific examples, the reader sees how fire protection engineering can be integrated with mechanical, electrical, structural, and chemical engineering. The book also includes a section on writing fire protection specifications as well as a comprehensive reference list.


* Assure effective fire protection design through engineering

* Avoid costly fire protection redesign

* Effectively integrate fire protection features into project specifications ... Read more

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This is an accident-avoiding prescription for electricians, safety managers, and inspectors, and engineers dealing with electricity any voltage level. Presenting crucial protective safety strategies for industrial and commercial systems, the Handbook references all major safety codes (OSHA, NEC, NESC, and NFPA) where appropriate, creating a unique, one-stop compliance manual for any company’s electrical safety training and reference needs. ... Read more

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Useful and User-Friendly Facts from Highly Qualified Sources
This is a very useful and user-friendly book. I am especially impressed by the qualifications of the authors. One is a Certified Plant Engineer and longtime member of the Association for Facilities Engineering, one is a Registered Professional Enginer, and one is a Medical Doctor (board-certified as a physician in general preventive medicine and public health.) The book covers a wide range of topics; the illustrations are very compelling, too. All 12 chapters were dense with facts yet easy to follow.

Very comprehensive job by highly qualified authors
This is an exceptionally useful and user-friendly handbook. I am particularly impressed by the authors' credentials -- one of them is a Certified Plant Engineer, one is a Registered Professional Engineer, and one of them is a Medical Doctor (board-certified as a physician in general preventive medicine and public health). The illustrations supplement the text very well, too. ... Read more