System Safety 2000: A Practical Guide for Planning, Managing, and Conducting System Safety Programs [Hardcover]

Joe Stephenson (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0471289140 | ISBN-13: 978-0471289142 | Publication Date: March 1, 1991 | Edition: 1

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Savvy members of the safety, health, engineering, and management communities know that as technology accelerates, the risks and the potential for catastrophic loss dramatically increase as well. Daily, these professionals are challenged to produce innovative, cost-effective solutions, while satisfying the public’s increasing demand for a high level of safety in products and services. To help them meet this unprecedented challenge, renowned systems safety export, Dr. Stephenson, has produced the most authoritative and practical guide to planning, evaluating, upgrading, and managing productive system safety programs. Taking "Safety 2000"—the government term that refers to safety engineering and the development of safe products up to and beyond the year 2000—as his benchmark, the author standardizes and clarifies the ever-growing list of system safety tools, techniques, and approaches currently used by the aerospace, weapons, and nuclear industries and specifically applies them to traditional industrial safety situations. Appropriately, System Safety 2000 begins with an overview of all current systems safety efforts, focusing on their history, fundamentals and current status. The author first explains that system safety requirements were originally developed to meet "first time safe" requirements of nuclear weapons systems, then shows how and why, today, they are impacting on public and private sectors never previously involved in systems safety. From here, the Guide breaks new ground by pulling together and integrating the essential strands of competing safety systems approaches—including those used by both the Department of Energy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—to develop a pioneering model safety system program that readers can easily use to evaluate the advantages and limitations of their own system safety approaches. Simple, step-by-step guidelines then show how to develop a prioritized plan to transform your existing program into a model system safety program, one that systematically allows for expansion and standardization, without compromising your original programs. System Safety 2000 demonstrates conclusively why system safety analytical tools and techniques are such efficient, cost-effective planning and review tools. Its exceptionally lucid coverage of analytical trees, risk assessment and acceptance risk exposure, including total risk exposure code, gives readers an arsenal of analytical aids. And the easily accomplished techniques for energy trace and barrier analysis, project evaluation tree analysis, and management oversight and risk tree analysis (MORT) help you detect hazards earlier, isolate the root causes of mishaps, and develop successful accident avoidance programs. Because system safety represents the leading edge of the safety effort, the Guide is packed with information that helps you locate training sources, contact system safety personnel, and obtain database software. System Safety 2000 recognizes that the increasing complexity and high costs of many non-nuclear, non-aerospace applications mandates a new focus on initial safe design and "upstream" safety. Whether you work in the manufacturing, utilities, nuclear, aerospace, petrochemical, or construction industries—regardless of your level of previous system safety knowledge—you will find it an immensely valuable resource for building safety into all your functional tasks.

About the Author

About the Author Joe Stephenson, PhD, CSP, PMP, has managed safety and training programs for two international construction companies and for a major Department of Energy prime contractor. He has spent much of his professional career developing and teaching safety-related programs. Dr. Stephenson has created and taught courses and workshops worldwide for NASA, the National Safety Council, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the Department of Energy, The Arabian American Oil Company, private industry and three universities. Dr. Stephenson is a Certified Safety Professional in the areas of system safety, engineering, management, product safety, comprehensive practice and construction safety. He is also a certified Project Management Professional and a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). He is a member of the System Safety Society and was their 1991 Educator of the Year. Dr. Stephenson is currently the West Coast Regional Manager for COBRO Corporation, an employee-owned company specializing in leading edge safety education and training.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471289140
• ISBN-13: 978-0471289142
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,222,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A landmark work, August 16, 2007

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This review is from: System Safety 2000: A Practical Guide for Planning, Managing, and Conducting System Safety Programs (Industrial Health & Safety) (Hardcover)

System Safety 2000 is a landmark work in the fields of systems safety and safety and occupational health in general. This book is a must-have for any safety professional's library.