| Description |
viii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Reliability -- 3. Greater reliability -- 4. Failure to danger -- 5. Human reliability: quantitative and qualitative assessment -- 6. Data sources -- 7. Human factors in system design -- 8. Programmable electronic systems -- 9. Outcomes and consequences -- 10. Ionizing radiation -- 11. Harm and risk -- 12. Quantitative risk analysis: limitations and uses -- 13. Risk assessment and cognition: thinking about risk -- 14. Risk assessment in occupational health and safety -- 15. Risk management and communication: decision-making and risk -- 16. Safety management principles and practice -- 17. Some recent incidents and their implications |
| Summary |
Examines the concepts of systems reliability and the techniques available for determining both 'technical' and 'human' hazards and risks. Emphasis is placed both on technical systems and human factors, and the increasing importance of psychological factors in the overall assessment of safety |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Knovel |
| Subject |
Industrial safety -- Management.
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Reliability (Engineering)
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Risk assessment.
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Risk management.
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System safety.
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| Author |
Tait, N. R. S. (Nicholas Robin Stenhouse)
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| LC no. |
98206519 |
| ISBN |
0750640162 |
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1591243254 (electronic bk.) |
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