Basic Guide to System Safety

This book provides guidance on including prevention throughdesign concepts within an occupational safety and health managementsystem. Through the application of these concepts, decisionspertaining to occupational hazards and risks can be incorporatedinto the process of design and redesign of work premises, tools, equipment, machinery, substances, and work processes includingtheir construction, manufacture, use, maintenance, and ultimatedisposal or reuse. These techniques provide guidance for alife-cycle assessment and design model that balances environmentaland occupational safety and health goals over the life span of afacility, process, or product.

The new edition is expanded to include primer information on theuse of safety assurance techniques in design andconstruction.