Prevention of Accidents and Unwanted Occurrences : Theory, Methods, and Tools in Safety Management, Second Edition

This new edition comes after about 15 years of development in the field of safety science and practice. The book addresses the question of how to improve risk assessments, investigations, and organizational learning inside companies in order to prevent unwanted occurrences. The book helps the reader in analyzing the subject from different scientific perspectives to demonstrate how they contribute to an overall understanding. It also gives a comprehensive overview of different methods and tools for use in safety practice and helps the reader in analyzing their scope, merits, and shortcomings. The book raises a number of critical issues to be addressed in the improvement process. Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Authors -- Section 1: Introduction -- 1: Introducing some basic concepts -- 2: Framework conditions -- 2.1 Conditions inside the company -- 2.1.1 Size, type of technology, and resources -- 2.1.2 The organisational context -- 2.2 Conditions outside the organisation -- 2.2.1 Regulatory requirements for the management of safety -- 2.2.2 Regulations on record keeping and on reporting injuries and incidents to the authorities -- 2.2.3 Workers' compensation systems -- 2.2.4 International standards and guidelines -- 2.2.5 Other non-governmental organisations -- 3: Case study -- 3.1 Reducing emissions into the air from a fertiliser plant -- Section 2: Theoretical foundation -- 4: Accident theory and models -- 4.1 On the need for accident models -- 4.2 Causal-sequence models -- 4.3 Process models -- 4.4 The energy model -- 4.4.1 The Swiss cheese model -- 4.5 Logical tree models -- 4.6 System models -- 4.6.1 Hierarchical root-cause analysis models -- 4.6.2 Safety management models -- 4.6.3 Systemic accident models -- 4.7 Use of accident models in investigations of accidents and near accidents -- 4.8 Safety culture -- 5: Framework for accident analysis -- 5.1 Characteristics of the accident sequence -- 5.2 Types of data and scales of measurement -- 5.3 Consequences of accidents -- 5.3.1 Types of consequences -- 5.3.2 Measures of loss -- 5.3.3 Economic consequences of accidents -- 5.3.4 Actual versus potential losses -- 5.4 Incident (uncontrolled energy flow) -- 5.5 Deviations -- 5.6 Contributing factors and root causes -- 5.6.1 Contributing factors at the functional department and work-system levels -- 5.6.2 Root causes at the general and HSE-management-systems levels -- 5.6.2.1 Causes derived from quality-assurance principles Section I Introduction -- chapter 1 Introducing some basic concepts -- chapter 2 Framework conditions -- chapter 3 Case study -- section II Theoretical foundation -- chapter 4 Accident theory and models -- chapter 5 Framework for accident analysis -- chapter 6 The occurrence of accidents over time -- chapter 7 Management of safety through experience feedback -- chapter 8 Criteria for assessing the efficiency of experience feedback -- chapter 9 Barriers against loss -- chapter 10 The human element in accident control -- section III Learning from incidents and deviations -- chapter 11 Sources of data on accident risks -- chapter 12 Hazard identification, safety inspections and audits -- chapter 13 Incident reporting and investigation -- chapter 14 Accumulated incident experience -- section IV Monitoring of safety performance -- chapter 15 Overview of safety performance indicators -- chapter 16 Loss-based safety performance indicators -- chapter 17 Process-based safety performance indicators -- chapter 18 Causal factor-based safety performance indicators -- chapter 19 Selecting safety performance indicators -- section V Risk assessment -- chapter 20 The risk assessment process -- chapter 21 Coarse analysis -- chapter 22 Job safety analysis -- chapter 23 Risk assessments of machinery -- chapter 24 Comparison risk assessment -- section VI Putting the pieces together -- chapter 25 The oil and gas industry -- chapter 26 The hydropower industry -- chapter 27 Work-related road transportation -- chapter 28 Epilogue. "The book addresses the question of how to improve risk assessments, investigations, and organizational learning inside companies in order to prevent unwanted occurrences. The book helps the reader in analyzing the subject from different scientific perspectives to demonstrate how they contribute to an overall understanding. It also gives a comprehensive overview of different methods and tools for use in safety practice and helps the reader in analyzing their scope, merits, and shortcomings ... raises a number of critical issues to be addressed in the improvement process."--Provided by publisher Content: Section I. Introduction -- Section II. Theoretical foundation -- Section III. Learning from incidents and deviations -- Section IV. Monitoring of safety performance -- Section V. Risk assessment -- Section VI. Putting the pieces together.