Managing the risks of organizational accidents
Reason, James
creator
text
bibliography
enk
Surrey, England
Ashgate
2013
monographic
eng
xvii, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
This is a practical book aimed at those whose daily task it is to think about and manage or regulate the risks of hazardous technologies. The book is not targeted at any one domain, but attempts to identify general tools and principles that are applicable to all organizations facing dangers of one sort or another. This could include banks and building societies just as much as nuclear power plants, oil exploration and production, chemical process plants, and air, sea and rail transport. The emphasis is placed upon the principles and practicalities of defenses against accidents, and how to meet the challenges and minimize risk.
1. Hazards, Defences and Losses -- 2. Defeating the Defences -- 3. Dangerous Defences -- 4. The Human Contribution -- 5. Maintenance can Seriously Damage your System -- 6. Navigating the Safety Space -- 7. A Practical Guide to Error Management -- 8. The Regulator's Unhappy Lot -- 9. Engineering a Safety Culture -- 10. Reconciling the Different Approaches to Safety Management.
James Reason
Includes bibliographical references and index.
WHS
MGNT963 MGMT963 UOWD
Industrial accidents
Risk assessment
Accidents, Occupational
T54 .R4 1997
658.3/82
9781840141054
97024648
DLC
970610
20170126101118.0
64025