Safety Analysis - Principles and Practice in Occupational Safety

Book : Safety Analysis - Principles and Practice in Occupational Safety

Language : English

Library : Health-Safety-Environment

Publish Place : London

ISBN : 0-415-23655-X

Publish Date : 00 2001

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 3752

INDEX


Contents
Preface
1 Accidents and safety
1.1 The accident problem
1.2 Why analyse?
1.3 On terminology
2 Features of systems and accidents
2.1 Elementary reliability theory
2.2 On human error
2.3 Systems and accidents
3 Safety analysis
3.1 What is safety analysis?
3.2 Safety analysis procedure
3.3 A short methodological overview
4 Risk assessment
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Quantitative assessments
4.3 Qualitative assessments
4.4 Direct risk assessment
4.5 Practical aspects of risk assessment
5 Energy Analysis
5.1 Principles
5.2 Energy Analysis procedure
5.3 Example
5.4 Comments
6 Job Safety Analysis
6.1 Principles
6.2 Job Safety Analysis procedure
6.3 Example
6.4 Comments
7 Deviation Analysis
7.1 Principles
7.2 On deviations
7.3 Deviation Analysis procedure 7.4. Examples
7.5 Accident investigation
7.6 Comments8 Hazard and operability studies
8.1 Principles
8.2 HAZOP procedure
8.3 Example
8.4 Comments
9 Fault Tree Analysis
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Principles and symbols
9.3 Fault Tree Analysis procedure
9.4 More on Fault Tree Analysis
9.5 Example
9.6 Comments
10 Analysis of safety functions
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Safety in different sectors
10.3 Methods for analysis of barriers and safety
10.4 Safety Barrier Diagrams
10.5 Concept of safety function
10.6 Safety Function Analysis
10.7 Example of Safety Function Analysis
11 Some further methods
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Technically oriented methods
11.3 Human-oriented methods
11.4 Task analysis
11.5 Management oriented methods
11.6 Accident investigations
11.7 Coarse analyses
12 Methodological overview
12.1 Summary of methods
12.2 Comparison between methods
12.3 Other methodological aspects
12.4 On choice of methods
13 Safety analysis-planning and implementation
13.1 Strategy and planning
13.2 Aims and preparations
13.3 Analytical procedure
13.4 Information and analysis
13.5 Safety measures and decisions
13.6 Costs and benefits
13.7 Integrated approaches14 Theoretical aspects
14.1 Introduction
14.2 On models and theories
14.3 Quality of safety analyses
14.4 Examining analytical procedure
14.5 Problems in risk assessment
15 Examples of safety analysis
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Analysis on design of a production system
15.3 Purchase of packaging equipment
15.4 Automatic materials handling system
15.5 Workplace for production of ceramic materials
15.6 Accident investigations
15.7 Overview analysis of a chemicals plant
15.8 Comparison of results from three methods
15.9 A quick analysis of a production line
16 Concluding remarks
17 References
18 Index