Hazard Analysis Techniques for System Safety: Edition 2

Clifton A. Ericson, II

jun 2015 · Distribuido por John Wiley & Sons

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Explains in detail how to perform the most commonly used hazard analysis techniques with numerous examples of practical applications

• Includes new chapters on Concepts of Hazard Recognition, Environmental Hazard Analysis, Process Hazard Analysis, Test Hazard Analysis, and Job Hazard Analysis
• Updated text covers introduction, theory, and detailed description of many different hazard analysis techniques and explains in detail how to perform them as well as when and why to use each technique
• Describes the components of a hazard and how to recognize them during an analysis
• Contains detailed examples that apply the methodology to everyday problems

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Clifton Ericson II has over 45 years of experience in the field of system safety, software safety and fault tree analysis. He currently works for URS Corporation (formerly EG&G). Mr. Ericson was President of the System Safety Society (2001-2003. Mr. Ericson won the System Safety Society's Presidents Achievement Award in 1998, 1999 and 2004 for outstanding work in the system safety field. Mr. Ericson is author of the book Hazard Analysis Techniques for System Safety and Concise Encyclopedia of System Safety both published by Wiley. He has prepared and presented training courses in system safety and software safety in the U.S., Singapore and Australia and has presented numerous technical papers at safety conferences.