Trevor Kletz Compendium: How his Best Process Safety Stories are Still Relevant Today

Trevor Kletz Compendium: How his Best Process Stories are Still Relevant Today introduces you to Kletz's stories and updates them to provide you with a valuable resource and inspire you to make a positive contribution to the way safety is managed where you work. Topics covered in this book include inherent safety, safety studies, human factors, and design. You will learn the lessons from past accidents so that you can strive to make sure they don't happen again. Trevor Kletz had a huge impact on the way people viewed accidents and safety, particularly in the process industries. His ideas were developed from nearly 40 years working in the chemical industry. When he retired from there he shared his experience and ideas widely in over 15 books. Focuses on understanding systems and learning from past accidents  Describes approaches to safety that are practical and effective   Provides an engineer's perspective on safetyCovers inherent safety, safety studies, human factors, and design considerations INDICE: 1. Hazop 2. Hazan (Quantitative Risk Assessment) 3. Inherently safer design 4. Preparation for maintenance 5. Control of modifications 6. A new attitude to human error 7. Better investigation of accidents 8. Better publicity for accident reports 9. Better ways of remembering the lessons of the past 10. Audits and inspections 11. Myths of the chemical industry 12. Accident case histories

• ISBN: 978-0-12-819447-8
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 212
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés