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Guidelines for Preventing Human Error in Process Safety

By Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-AIChE
Year
1994
ISBN
0816904618, 9780816904617
LCC
TP155.5 .G778 1994
Open Library ID
OL1079166M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (21295466 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
423\423
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Almost all the major accident investigations--Texas City, Piper Alpha, the Phillips 66 explosion, Feyzin, Mexico City--show human error as the principal cause, either in design, operations, maintenance, or the management of safety. This book provides practical advice that can substantially reduce human error at all levels. In eight chapters--packed with case studies and examples of simple and advanced techniques for new and existing systems--the book challenges the assumption that human error is "unavoidable." Instead, it suggests a systems perspective. This view sees error as a consequence of a mismatch between human capabilities and demands and inappropriate organizational culture. This makes error a manageable factor and, therefore, avoidable.

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