System Safety 2000: A Practical Guide for Planning, Managing, and Conducting System Safety Programs

Safety and Health for Engineers By Roger L. Brauer, 672 pages, 6 7/8 × 10 ISBN 0-471-28632-X Written by a team leader in the Facility Systems Division of the U.S. Army, this exhaustive sourcebook offers detailed coverage of relevant laws, regulations, and standards: hazards and their control; the human factors in safety; and managing safety and health. Guidelines are offered on better ways to confront safety and health issues, and a list of standards and references is provided for quick reference. Numerous examples of problems and events help readers apply safety practices in daily work. The Behavior-Based Safety Process Managing Involvement for an Injury-Free Culture, Second Edition By Thomas Krause and John H. Hidley, 356 pages, 6 × 9 ISBN 0-471-28758-X These leading-edge accident prevention techniques have been used successfully by top companies such as Exxon, Du Pont, Dow, and Westinghouse. The authors show safety professionals how to combine training with organizational development to foster safe workplace practices and reduce injuries. They discuss how to interview employees to instill safe behavior, measure performance through sampling and computer analysis, and provide regular feedback on safe performance. Safety Auditing: a Management Tool By Donald W. Kase and Kay J. Wiese, 318 pages, 6 × 9 ISBN 0-471-28903-5 This compendium of safety audits provides an easy-to-follow, detailed approach to minimizing these costly losses. It provides a basic understanding of the philosophy, politics, methods, and protocols of safety audits, as well as how to best use data generated by them. Safety Auditing for Loss Control covers such areas as safety analysis and communication, hazard recognition and OSHA requirements, management expectations, and planning and preparation.