Richard A. Stephans (USA ARES Corporation)

System Safety for the 21st Century

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley / Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W119634750
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 180mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 997g
• ISBN-13: 9781119634751
• ISBN-10: 111963475X
• Artikelnr.: 60327577

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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