Process safety : an engineering discipline / Pol Hoorelbeke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoorelbeke, Pol, author.

Series:

De Gruyter Textbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occupational safety.

Production engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The author describes the history of industrial safety and the emergence of process safety as an engineering discipline in the 20th century. The book sheds light on the difference between:

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

1 Introduction

2 The run-up to the Industrial Revolution

3 Historical evolution of occupational health and safety in the nineteenth century

4 Technological risks

5 Process safety: an engineering discipline

6 Process safety risk-based management

7 Conclusion

Appendix I: SWIFT categories and questions

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-11-063213-6

OCLC:

1252417363