Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index.

Preface -- System safety : an overview -- System safety concepts -- System safety program requirements -- The industrial safety connection -- Probability theory and statistical analysis -- Preliminary hazard analysis -- Subsystem and system hazard analyses -- Operating and supporting hazard analysis -- Energy trace and barrier analysis -- Failure mode and effect analysis -- Fault or functional hazard analysis -- Fault tree analysis -- Management oversight and risk tree -- HAZOP and what-if analysis -- Special use analysis techniques -- Epilogue.

"This book provides guidance on including prevention through design concepts within an occupational safety and health management system. Through the application of these concepts, decisions pertaining to occupational hazards and risks can be incorporated into the process of design and redesign of work premises, tools, equipment, machinery, substances, and work processes including their construction, manufacture, use, maintenance, and ultimate disposal or reuse. These techniques provide guidance for a life-cycle assessment and design model that balances environmental and occupational safety and health goals over the life span of a facility, process, or product.The new edition is expanded to include primer information on the use of safety assurance techniques in design and construction"--Provided by publisher.

This introductory guide demonstrates how the various methods and techniques developed under the principles of system safety engineering can best be applied to the every-day practice of occupational safety and health compliance.