Risk assessment : the human dimension / Nick W. Hurst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurst, Nick W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Risk Assessment: The Human Dimension begins by looking at quantified risk assessment and considers, by using case studies, how accident causation can be considered from the three main perspectives of hardware failures, human error and failures of systems and cultures. The book then goes on to place risk assessment firmly within the broader context of the current, controversial debate concerning risk issues and the nature of risk. It addresses these issues mainly from the perspective of the chemical and process industries by looking at the process of risk assessment, its strengths and weaknesse

Contents:

BK9780854045549-FX001; BK9780854045549-FP001; BK9780854045549-FP005; BK9780854045549-FP007; BK9780854045549-FP008; BK9780854045549-FP012; BK9780854045549-FP014; BK9780854045549-00001; BK9780854045549-00014; BK9780854045549-00042; BK9780854045549-00065; BK9780854045549-00080; BK9780854045549-00100

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847551856

1847551858

OCLC:

850160958