System Safety Engineering and Risk Assessment: A Practical Approach

by Nicholas J. Bahr

This book provides a comprehensive and easily accessible guide on how to build safety into products as well as into industrial processes. Using a systems approach, the book covers the best system safety techniques used in various industries, types of hazard analyses, safety checklists and other safety tools, as well as techniques for investigating accidents. It explains how to set up a data management system for a system safety program, and delves into risk assessment, including ways to conduct a risk evaluation.

444 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997