Basic Guide to System Safety [Hardcover]

Jeffrey W. Vincoli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0471722413 | ISBN-13: 978-0471722410 | Edition: 2

Provides a nuts-and-bolts understanding of current system safety practices

Basic Guide to System Safety is an ideal primer for practicing occupational safety and health professionals and industrial safety engineers needing a quick introductionto system safety principles. Designed to familiarize the reader with the applicationof scientific and engineering principles for the timely identification of hazards, thisbook efficiently outlines the essentials of system safety and its impact on day-to-dayoccupational safety and health.

Divided into two main parts - The System Safety Program and System Safety Analysis: Techniques and Methods - this easy-to-understand book covers:

• System safety concepts
• System safety program requirements
• Probability theory and statistical analysis
• Preliminary hazard analysis
• Failure mode and effect analysis
• Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and what-if analyses

The Second Edition reflects current industry practices with a new chapter on the basic concepts, utility, and function of HAZOP and what-if analyses, two analytical techniques that have been routinely and successfully used in the petrochemical industry for decades. In addition, expanded coverage on the use of the job safety analysis (JSA) adds practical examples emphasizing its value and understanding.

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Provides a nuts-and-bolts understanding of current system safety practices

Basic Guide to System Safety is an ideal primer for practicing occupational safetyand health professionals and industrial safety engineers needing a quick introductionto system safety principles. Designed to familiarize the reader with the applicationof scientific and engineering principles for the timely identification of hazards, thisbook efficiently outlines the essentials of system safety and its impact on day-to-dayoccupational safety and health.

Divided into two main parts—The System Safety Program and System Safety Analysis: Techniques and Methods—this easy-to-understand book covers:

• System safety concepts
• System safety program requirements
• Probability theory and statistical analysis
• Preliminary hazard analysis
• Failure mode and effect analysis
• Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and what-if analyses

The Second Edition reflects current industry practices with a new chapter on the basic concepts, utility, and function of HAZOP and what-if analyses, two analytical techniques that have been routinely and successfully used in the petrochemical industry for decades. In addition, expanded coverage on the use of the job safety analysis (JSA) adds practical examples emphasizing its value and understanding.

About the Author

JEFFREY W. VINCOLI, CSP, received the Performance Excellence Award in 2002 for his work at the World Trade Center disaster recovery. Currently, he is the Manager of Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Assessments and Procedures for Bechtel Corporation. He has decades of experience as a consultant and professional safety engineer for companies including McDonnell Douglas/Boeing. He is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the System Safety Society, and the National Environmental Health Association and has written numerous journal articles on occupational safety.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 2 edition (March 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471722413
• ISBN-13: 978-0471722410
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #925,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good introductory text, September 22, 2005

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Tareq S. Alaslawi (Kuwait) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basic Guide to System Safety (Wiley Basic Guide Series) (Hardcover)

Gives an introduction to various apects of system safety. It has worksheets that can be applied at work. Nothing complicated about the book, it is very concise and easy to understand. I bought it to be introduced to system safety before reading Moriarty's system safety book.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a good introduction for system safety., October 15, 2008

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kaizen (Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic Guide to System Safety (Hardcover)

This book is a good introduction for system safety.

The methods are very systematic and very wide view of points.

I will recommend this book as first read.