Risk Assessment (eBook)

Tools, Techniques, and Their Applications
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2012 | 1. Auflage
416 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-30960-5 (ISBN)

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Risk Assessment - Lee T. Ostrom, Cheryl A. Wilhelmsen
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All the tools needed to perform a thorough risk assessment--whether you're working in insurance, forensics, engineering, or public safety

Risk analysis is the method of analyzing the dangers to individuals, businesses, and government agencies posed by potential natural and man-made hazards. The central task of the risk assessor is predicting the success of a project. This includes isolating the entire spectrum of adverse events that can derail a project or threaten the health and safety of individuals, organizations, and the environment.

Designed as a practical, in-the-field toolkit, Risk Assessment details every aspect of how a risk assessment is performed, showing the proper tool to be used at various steps in the process, as well as locating the tool that best fits the risk assessment task at hand. Examining not only the very nature of risks and consequences, with fascinating historical examples, the book progresses from simple to more complex risk assessment techniques used by the authors in their daily work, all presented in a form that can be readily adapted to any number of real-life situations:
* Ecological Risk Assessment
* Task Analysis Techniques
* Preliminary Hazards Analysis
* Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
* Human Reliability Analysis
* Critical Incident Technique
* Event Tree and Decision Tree Analysis
* Basic Fault Tree Analysis Technique
* Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
* Vulnerability Analysis Technique
* Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods Used in Risk Assessment

With numerous industry-specific case studies, as well as additional case studies for risk assessments for a restaurant and a process plant, the book provides readers with complete examples of how each of the techniques can be used in a variety of real-world situations. Including downloadable worksheets and other useful assessment materials, as well as guidance on using PRA software, this unparalleled reference offers all the tools and techniques needed to conduct a thorough and accurate assessment of risk.

LEE T. OSTROM, PHD, has worked in the fields of risk assessment, industrial safety, ergonomics, and human factors for over thirty years. A Certified Professional Ergonomist and Certified Safety Professional, he has been an assistant professor and degree coordinator for the industrial technology degree program at the University of Idaho. He is the author of Creating the Ergonomically Sound Workplace. CHERYL A. WILHELMSEN is an assistant professor at APUS/AMU and consults with NASA Ames in the area of aviation inspection. In her thirty year career, she has conducted hundreds of ergonomic assessments and risk assessments from offices to nuclear hot cells. She has a master's of science in industrial technology from the University of Idaho and is currently a PhD.ABD.

1. Introduction to Risk Assessment

2. Risk Perception

3. Risks and Consequences

4. Ecological Risk Assessment

5. Task Analysis Techniques

6. Preliminary Hazards Analysis

7. Primer on Probability and Statistics

8. Developing Probabilities

9. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

10. Human Reliability Analyses

11. Critical Incident Technique

12. Event Tree and Decision Tree Analysis

13. Critical Function Analysis

14. Basic Fault Tree Analysis Technique

15. Probabilistic Risk Assessment

16. Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods Used in Risk Assessment

17. Vulnerability Analysis Technique

18. Developing Risk Model for Aviation Inspection and Maintenance Tasks

19. Risk Assessment and Community Planning

20. Risk of an Epidemic

21. Process Plant Risk Assessment Example

22. Industry Specific Case Studies

23. Restaurant Risk Assessment Case Study

24. Glossary

25. Acronyms

"It should prove invaluable reading for novices andexperts alike." (RoSPA Occupational Safety &Health Journal, 1 May 2013)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.6.2012
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Chemie Technische Chemie
Technik Bauwesen
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte Arbeitssicherheit u. Umweltschutz i. d. Chemie • Chemical and Environmental Health and Safety • chemical engineering • Chemie • Chemische Verfahrenstechnik • Chemistry • Electrical & Electronics Engineering • Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik • Human Factors & Risk Assessment • Menschliche Faktoren u. Risikobewertung • Risikoanalyse • Risikobewertung
ISBN-10 1-118-30960-X / 111830960X
ISBN-13 978-1-118-30960-5 / 9781118309605
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