Advanced technologies and increasing automation have forever changed how systems work and how people interact with them. With the use of increasingly-complex technological systems comes potential for harm to humans, property, and the environment. System safety is a widely accepted management and engineering approaches to analyze and address risks in these complex systems. When used correctly, system safety methods can provide tremendous benefits, focusing resources to reduce risk and improve safety. But poor system safety analyses can lead to overconfidence, and can result in a misunderstanding of the potential for harm.
The System Safety Skeptic describes critical aspects of the discipline of system safety, including safety planning, hazard identification, safety risk assessment, hazard controls, risk reduction verification, hazard tracking, anomaly reporting, and safety management. This book provides hundreds of lessons learned in safety management and engineering, drawing from mishaps in many industries as well as the author�s years of experience in the field. In addition, the second edition provides a separate chapter on Process Safety Management, along with incidents specific to that discipline. The real-world lessons provided in this book will help foster a healthy skepticism toward safety analysis and management in order to prevent future accidents.
