Safety category: 688 books
Mechanisms in the Chain of Safety
Research and Operational Experiences in Aviation Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
How should we organize our selection or training procedures? In what way can a flight crew mediate problems? How are we to understand reported errors? Mechanisms in the Chain of Safety presents recent findings in aviation psychology, bringing fresh insights to such questions. Aviation psychologists...
New Tools, Old Tasks
Safety Implications of New Technologies and Work Processes for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
New Tools, Old Tasks explores how Integrated Operations (IO) will influence the safety of offshore drilling operations. The book is based on several years of practical experience combined with a research study on the safety of IO within the drilling domain. The overall objective of the book is to...
An Introduction to Health and Safety Law
A Student Reference
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
An Introduction to Health and Safety Law provides a clear, concise overview of health and safety law in the United Kingdom. With reference to the European Union, this book discusses criminal and civil liability at length to provide a clear understanding of this area of law which has been subject to...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Occupational safety and health management theory is now rightly focused on pro-activity, risk assessment and management. But it remains important that organizations know what they need to do when accidents happen, both to comply with legislation and to extract all the information from the incident...
by HSE Health and Safety Executive
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This revised edition of one of HSE's most popular guides is mainly for leaders, owners and line managers. It will particularly help those who need to put in place or oversee their organisation's health and safety arrangements.
The advice may also help workers and their representatives, as well...
Trapping Safety into Rules
How Desirable or Avoidable is Proceduralization?
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Rules and procedures are key features for a modern organization to function. It is no surprise to see them to be paramount in safety management. As some sociologists argue, routine and rule following is not always socially resented. It can bring people comfort and reduce anxieties of newness and uncertainty....
Fuel and Combustion Systems Safety
What you don't know can kill you!
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Practical, easy-to-follow advice that saves lives
Based on the author's thirty years of hands-on experience working in the field of industrial fuel systems and combustion equipment safety, this book integrates safety codes with practical, tested, and proven guidance that makes it viable to...
Individual Latent Error Detection (I-LED)
Making Systems Safer
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Undetected human error in aircraft maintenance creates a latent error condition that can contribute to undesirable outcomes. Individual Latent Error Detection (I-LED) acts as an additional system safety control that helps an engineer recall past errors through environmental cues. This book addresses...
Health and Environmental Safety of Nanomaterials
Polymer Nancomposites and Other Materials Containing Nanoparticles
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Health and Environmental Safety of Nanomaterials addresses concerns about the impact of nanomaterials on the environment and human health, and examines the safety of specific nanomaterials. Understanding the unique chemical and physical properties of nanostructures has led to many developments in...
Fire Safety and Risk Management
for the NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
This textbook is directly aligned to the NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management, with each element of the syllabus explained in detail. Each chapter guides the student through the syllabus with references to legal frameworks and guidelines. Images, tables, case studies and...
by Sidney Dekker
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
When faced with a ’human error’ problem, you may be tempted to ask 'Why didn’t these people watch out better?' Or, 'How can I get my people more engaged in safety?' You might think you can solve your safety problems by telling your people to be more careful, by reprimanding the miscreants, by...
Safety Engineering
Principles and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
The third edition of Safety Engineering: Principles and Practices has been thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded. It provides practical information for students and professionals who want an overview of the fundamentals and insight into the subtleties of this expanding discipline.Although this...
by Mark A. Friend, Theodore S. Ferry
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Safety and Health Management Planning addresses new regulations and practices to help you achieve safety and health management success. Emphasizing the reduction of costs through cost/benefit analysis, this book covers practical material and real-world examples of common exercises, including safety...
by CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Incidents That Define Process Safety describes approximately fifty incidents that have had a significant impact on the chemical and refining industries' approaches to modern process safety. Events are described in detail so readers get a fundamental understanding of the root causes, the consequences,...