Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; The risk management of safety and dependability: A guide for directors, managers and engineers; Copyright; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Ever-present danger: an introduction to the principles of risk management; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The principles of risk assessment; 1.3 The risk assessment matrix; 1.4 Risk evaluation and control; 1.5 Dependability; 1.6 The risk management process; 1.7 Examples of risk management failures; 1.8 General precepts; 1.9 Summary; 1.10 References; 2 Ignorance is no defence: legislation and the corporate role in managing risk.

2.1 Introduction: management failures2.2 An overview of the law in the UK; 2.3 The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; 2.4 The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR); 2.5 The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER); 2.6 The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR); 2.7 The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994 (COSHH); 2.8 The Supply of Machinery Safety Regulations 2008 (Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC); 2.9 The Electromagnetic Compatibility (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

2.10 The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH) Amended 20052.11 The Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Regulations 2007; 2.12 The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR); 2.13 The Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/192) (ATEX Directive94/9/EC, as amended 2001); 2.14 The Pressure Equipment Directive 1999 (PED); 2.15 The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000; 2.16 The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER).

2.17 Other regulations and standards2.18 International health and safety; 2.19 Summary; 2.20 References; 3 How to recognise hazards: learning about generic industrial hazards; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Human vulnerability; 3.3 Hazards from waste emissions; 3.4 Hazards from heat emissions and hot surfaces; 3.5 Hazards from noise emissions; 3.6 Hazards from radiation; 3.7 Hazards from latent energy; 3.8 Hazards from other sources; 3.9 Hazards from design error; 3.10 Complacency; 3.11 Summary; 3.12 References; 4 Human factors in risk management: understanding why humans fail and are unreliable.

4.1 Introduction4.2 Ergonomics; 4.3 Anthropometrics; 4.4 Physiology; 4.5 Psychology; 4.6 Case histories; 4.7 Summary; 4.8 References; 5 Exposing hazards: techniques to find possible risks of unacceptable failures in procedures, machines and systems; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 'What if' procedure; 5.3 Block flow diagrams; 5.4 Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA); 5.5 Hazard and operability studies (HAZOP); 5.6 A cautionary example; 5.7 Summary; 5.8 References; 6 Safe enough? Methods and procedures for evaluating and reducing risk in the design of processes, plant and machinery; 6.1 Introduction.

The issue of risk should be embedded into the mindset of every engineer and manager to improve safety and dependability. Companies can be held accountable through law when a gross failing in health and safety management has fatal consequences. Here risk management, the organisational structure required and the main factors needed for its successful execution are explored. What risks must be managed as a legal requirement? How is risk quantified? What methods can be used to reduce risk? Such questions are addressed, alongside case histories of disasters to illustrate failures in risk management. In an easy-to-read and accessible way, The risk management of safety and dependability presents the key factors involved in successful risk management, so that even non-experts in small and medium-sized organisations, as well as engineers and managers, can apply sound safety and dependability principles. Complies with the recommendations of the Engineering Technology BoardAssesses ways of recognising hazards and procedures for reducing risk in the design of processes, plant and machineryProvides detailed accounts of three major disasters and describes the lessons to be learnt in relation to risk management.