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NEW FROM WILEY
System Safety for the 21st Century
Richard A. Stephans
Summarizes the current state of "front-end" risk-control techniques
Many approaches to risk control are possible. However, only through careful reading, evaluation, and study can one make the best choice of a practical philosophy for a system safety program. The goal is to apply the best scientific and engineering principles in the best way, resulting in the soundest and safest possible system.
System Safety for the 21st Century provides in-depth coverage of this specialized discipline within the safety profession. Written for both technical and nontechnical reference, this clearly organized text serves as a resource for both students and practitioners. It gives basic and essential information about the identification, evaluation, analysis, and control of hazards in components, systems, subsystems, processes, and facilities.
Integrating the changes to the field that have occurred since publication of the first edition, this revised and expanded resource offers:
·  Logical progression from basics to techniques to applications
·  New focus on process safety not found in other texts
·  A new and unique section on professionalism for system safety and other safety practitioners
·  Presentation of both system safety scope and essentials
·  Consistent chapter format for easy learning includes an introduction and summary for each chapter
·  Review questions reinforcing important points
·  A combination of basis requirements with practical experience
·  Information on selected techniques to assess hazards and provide management oversight
·  An updated section on protecting against external events in the light of the global terrorist threat
·  Critiques of existing systems, including those of the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy
Relevant to industry, academia, and government, System Safety for the 21st Century is an essential resource for anyone studying or implementing proactive hazard identification and risk control techniques and procedures.
ISBN 0-471-44454-5 • $89.95 • 408 pages • Cloth • June 2004
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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements

Part 1: Introduction to System Safety

Chapter 1: The History of System Safety
Chapter 2: Fundamentals of System Safety
Chapter 3: Current Approaches to System Safety
Chapter 4: Problem Areas
Chapter 5: The Future of System Safety

Part 2: System Safety Program Planning and Management

Chapter 6: Establishing the Groundwork
Chapter 7: Tasks
Chapter 8: System Safety Products
Chapter 9: Program Implementation

Part 3: Analytical Aids

Chapter 10: Analytical Trees
Chapter 11: Risk Assessment and Risk Acceptance
Chapter 12: Human Factors

Part 4: System Safety Analysis Techniques

Chapter 13: Energy Trace and Barrier Analysis
Chapter 14: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Chapter 15: Fault Tree Analysis
Chapter 16: Project Evaluation Tree
Chapter 17: Change Analysis
Chapter 18: Management Oversight and Risk Tree
Chapter 19: Event and Causal Factors Charts
Chapter 20: Other Analytical Techniques

Part 5: Process Safety

Chapter 21: Process Safety Management
Chapter 22: EPA’s Equivalent Process Safety Requirements
Chapter 23: Process Safety Implementation
Chapter 24: Process Safety Reviews

Part 6: Professionalism and Professional Development

Chapter 25: Professionalism and Professional Development

Appendix: Education and Training Resources

Glossary
References
Index