Prevention of accidents through experience feedback / Urban Kjell Oen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kjell Oen, Urban, 1948, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial safety.

Accidents--Prevention.

Accidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Providing a practical introduction to the basic theories and principals of accident prevention through diagnosis and feedback control, this book presents the various methods and tools of safety, health, and environment (SHE) practice where experience feedback is employed. These include methods of accident and near accident reporting and investigation, workplace inspection, SHE performance measurement, and safety analysis and auditing. It also assesses potentials and limitations of the different methods and tools, including learning from experience of unwanted events and errors. It includes hig

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Introducing the concept of SHE information systems; Boundary conditions; Alternative accident-prevention approaches; Case study: Reducing emissions to the air from a fertiliser plant; Theoretical foundation; Accident models; Framework for accident analysis; Accident counter-measures; The human element in accident control; The occurrence of accidents over time; Feedback and use of experiences in decision-making; Requirements for a SHE information system; Learning from incidents and deviations

Sources of data on accident risksAccident and near-accident reporting and investigation; SHE inspections and audits; Accumulated accident experience; Monitoring of SHE performance; Overview of SHE performance indicators; Loss-based SHE performance indicators; Process-based SHE performance indicators; Causal factor-based SHE performance indicators; Selecting key SHE performance indicators; Risk analysis; The risk-analysis process; Coarse or energy analysis; Detailed job-safety analysis; Risk assessments of machinery; Comparison risk analysis; CRIOP; Putting the pieces together

The oil and gas industryThe trucking industry; Improving the corporate SHE information system; The improvement process; Design of the system; Epilogue; Definitions; SMORT questionnaire; Bibliography; Name index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610402205

9781040189900

1040189903

9780429077449

0429077440

9781482289299

1482289296

9781280402203

1280402202

9780203186176

0203186176

OCLC:

437077429