Risk Assessment (eBook)

A Practical Guide to Assessing Operational Risks

Georgi Popov, Bruce K. Lyon, Bruce D. Hollcroft (Autoren)

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2021 | 2. Auflage
480 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-75593-7 (ISBN)

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Risk Assessment

Explore the fundamentals of risk assessment with references to the latest standards, methodologies, and approaches

The Second Edition of Risk Assessment: A Practical Guide to Assessing Operational Risks delivers a practical exploration of a wide array of risk assessment tools in the contexts of preliminary hazard analysis, job safety analysis, task analysis, job risk assessment, personnel protective equipment hazard assessment, failure mode and effect analysis, and more.

The distinguished authors discuss the latest standards, theories, and methodologies covering the fundamentals of risk assessments, as well as their practical applications for safety, health, and environmental professionals with risk assessment responsibilities. "What If"/Checklist Analysis Methods are included for additional guidance.

Now in full color, the book includes interactive exercises, links, videos, and online risk assessment tools that can be immediately applied by working practitioners. The authors have also included:

* Material that reflects the latest updates to ISO standards, the ASSP Technical Report, and the ANSI Z590.3 Prevention through Design standard

* New hazard phrases for chemical hazards in the Globally Harmonized System, as well as NIOSH's new occupational exposure banding tool

* The new risk-based approach featured in the NAVY IH Field Manual

* New chapters covering business continuity, causal factors analysis, and layers of protection analysis and barrier analysis

An indispensable resource for employed safety professionals in a variety of industries, business leaders and staff personnel with safety responsibilities, and environmental engineers Risk Assessment: A Practical Guide to Assessing Operational Risks is also useful for students in safety, health, and environmental science courses.

Autor

Georgi Popov, PhD, QEP, CSP, ARM, SMS, CMC, FAIHA, is a Professor of Safety Sciences at the University of Central Missouri, where he teaches risk assessment, safety management, environmental, and sustainability courses. His research focuses include industrial hygiene, safety management, risk management, Lean Six Sigma, alternative fuels, and air quality. Bruce K. Lyon, CSP, P.E., SMS, ARM, CHMM, is Vice President of Brown & Brown. He has over 38 years of experience with facilitating, conducting and consulting in operational risk assessment in a variety of industries. Bruce D. Hollcroft, CSP, ARM, CHMM, is Senior Rick Control Specialist with PayneWest Insurance, a Marsh & McLennan Agency Company in Spokane, Washington. He has nearly 40 years of experience providing safety and risk control services to a variety of industries of all sizes.

Inhalt

Preface vii

1 Risk Assessments: Their Significance 1
Fred A. Manuele

2 Risk Assessment Standards and Definitions 21
Bruce K. Lyon and Bruce D. Hollcroft

3 Risk Assessment Fundamentals 47
Bruce K. Lyon and Bruce D. Hollcroft

4 Defining Risk Assessment Criteria 65
Bruce K. Lyon

5 Fundamental Techniques 93
Bruce K. Lyon and Georgi Popov

6 Preliminary Hazard and Risk Analysis 123
Bruce K. Lyon and Georgi Popov

7 "What-if" Analysis Methods 137
Bruce K. Lyon and Georgi Popov

8 Failure Mode and Effects Analysis 153
Georgi Popov and Bruce K. Lyon

9 Bow-Tie Analysis Methodology 171
Georgi Popov and Bruce K. Lyon

10 Layers of Control Analysis 201
Georgi Popov and Bruce K. Lyon

11 Prevention Through Design (PtD) and Design Safety Reviews 227
Bruce K. Lyon and Georgi Popov

12 Industrial Hygiene Risk Assessment 249
Tsvetan Popov, Georgi Popov and Bruce K. Lyon

13 Machine Risk Assessments 283
Bruce K. Lyon

14 Project-Oriented Risk Assessments 307
Bruce K. Lyon

15 Food Processing Risk Assessments 337
Georgi Popov and Bruce K. Lyon

16 Ergonomic Risk Assessment 361
Bruce K. Lyon and Georgi Popov

17 Assessing Operational Risks at an Organizational Level 387
Bruce K. Lyon

18 Risk Assessment Applications in Lean Six Sigma and Environmental Management Systems 409
Georgi Popov, Tsvetan Popov and Bruce K. Lyon

19 Business Continuity Plan 431
Bruce D. Hollcroft and Bruce K. Lyon

20 Communicate Risk 445
Bruce K. Lyon

Index 461

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.12.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Arbeitssicherheit • Arbeitssicherheit u. Umweltschutz i. d. Chemie • Chemical and Environmental Health and Safety • chemical engineering • Chemie • Chemische Verfahrenstechnik • Chemistry • Process Safety • Prozesssicherheit • Public Health
• ISBN-10: 1-119-75593-X / 111975593X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-75593-7 / 9781119755937