Introduction to System Safety Engineering, An

"The book covers the fundamentals of safety engineering that includes general discussions of risk, ethics, and societal/policy implications. It also presents the historical and legal frameworks in which this field exists"--

Preface xiii
1 Historical and Industrial Perspectives on Safety Engineering 1
2 Risk in Modern Society 27
3 Fundamental Concepts and Definitions 43
4 Why Accidents Occur 73
5 The Role of Software in Safety 129
6 The Role of Humans in Safety 147
7 Accident Causality Models 179
8 Accident Analysis and Learning from Events 201
9 Hazard Analysis: Basic Concepts 241
10 Hazard Analysis Techniques 261
11 Design for Safety 315
12 Human Factors in System Design 359
13 Assurance, Assessment, and Certification 397
14 Designing a Safety Management System 429
Epilogue: Looking Forward 471
Appendix A. Medical Devices: The Therac-25 473
Appendix B. Space: The Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle Losses 503
Appendix C. Petrochemicals: Seveso, Flixborough, Bhopal, Texas City, and Deepwater Horizon 529
Appendix D. Nuclear Power: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima Daiichi 609
References 659
Index 675