Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication year: 2014
E-ISBN: 9781483192352
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780408044295
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780408044295
Subject: TE687 Health and safety production technology
Language: ENG
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Description
Critical Aspects of Safety and Loss Prevention reflects the author's managerial experience and safety operations experience.
This book is a collection of almost 400 thoughts and observations on safety and loss prevention, illustrated by accounts of accidents. The items, mostly short, are arranged alphabetically and cross-references are provided. The accident reports in this volume highlight the ignorance, incompetence and folly but also originality and inventiveness in the cause of accident prevention. This book also argues on the importance of loss prevention over the traditional safety approach.
This book will be of interest to persons who work in design, operations and maintenance and to safety professionals.
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