Process safety management and human factors : a practitioner's experiential approach / edited by Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shihab Ghanem Al Hashemi, Waddah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical processes--Safety measures.

Chemical processes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Place of Publication:

Kidlington, Oxford ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2021]

Summary:

Process Safety Management and Human Factors: A Practitioner's Experiential Approach addresses human factors in process safety management (PSM) from a reflective learning approach. The book is written by engineers and technical specialists who spent the last 15-20 years of their professional career looking at behavioral-based safety, human factor research, and safety culture development in organizations. It is a fundamental resource for operational, technical and safety managers in high-risk industries who need to focus on personal and occupational safety management to prevent safety accidents. Real-life examples illustrate how a good, effective understanding of human factors supports PSM and positive impacts on accident occurrence.- Covers the evolution and background of process safety management- Shows how to integrate and augment process safety management with operational excellence and health, safety and environment management systems- Focuses on human factors in process safety management- Includes many real-life case studies from the collective experience of the book's authors

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128181102

0128181109