Hoyos / Zimolong Occupational Safety and Accident Prevention

Behavioral Strategies and Methods
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9730-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 11, 226 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Advances in Human Factors/Ergonomics

Since the early 1970s there has been a considerable growth in the literature published on the topic of human reliability. However, the main emphasis has been on technical aspects of human reliability, rather than on an integrated safety approach combining safety engineering, organization and human factors. Up till now, information on the subject of occupational safety which covers human reliability as one aspect has been widely scattered in technical reviews or briefly mentioned in textbooks.This book provides a comprehensive overview on occupational safety with special emphasis on the human element. Examples of empirical studies as well as suggestions for practical measures are included to help in the understanding and application of the contents of the text. Although the prime objective of the book is to cover occupational safety from a human factors point of view, nevertheless some of the related areas are also discussed. Among others, they include problem solving in complex systems, judgmental and heuristic biases in decision making as well as characteristics of decision support systems in high risk industry. The inclusion of these topics clearly indicates the shift in attention of occupational safety from work activities on the shop floor to tasks of operators and supervisors in automated and semi-automated systems.The text will prove useful to students of psychology and human factors engineering. Additionally, it holds great utility for persons with an engineering background, such as industrial engineers, quality control engineers, system and design engineers and safety practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoyos, C. G.

Zimolong, B. M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover
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2;Occupational Safety and Accident Prevention: Behavioral Strategies and Methods;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;10
5;Dedication;6
6;Preface and Acknowledgments;8
7;CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION;12
7.1;1.1 THE PROBLEM OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES;12
7.2;1.2 COUNTERMEASURES;14
7.3;1.3 THE ROLE OF HUMAN FACTORS IN INJURY PREVENTION;15
7.4;1.4 A FEW BASIC CONCEPTS;20
8;CHAPTER 2. ACCIDENT STATISTICS AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS;30
8.1;2.1 ACCIDENT STATISTICS;30
8.2;2.2 FRAMEWORKS OF INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS;39
9;CHAPTER 3. HAZARD AND SAFETY ANALYSIS;58
9.1;3.1 BASIC PROCEDURES;58
9.2;3.2 BEHAVIORAL TECHNIQUES;62
9.3;3.3 SYSTEMS METHODS IN HIGH RISK INDUSTRY;65
9.4;3.4 RISK ASSESSMENT;71
10;CHAPTER 4. HAZARD COGNITION AND RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR;84
10.1;4.1 UNDERSTANDING HAZARD SIGNALS;84
10.2;4.2 SOME RESULTS;91
10.3;4.3 INFORMATION PROCESSING IN HAZARD COGNITION;94
10.4;4.4 DECISION-MAKING IN HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS: EXPOSURE TOHAZARDS AND RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR;102
11;CHAPTER 5. HUMAN RELIABILITY;120
11.1;5.1 HUMAN ERROR;120
11.2;5.2 SYSTEM RELIABILITY;133
11.3;5.3 ACCIDENT LIABILITY;139
12;CHAPTER 6. SAFETY STUDIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON HIGH RISK TECHNOLOGIES;166
12.1;6.1 POTENTIAL DANGERS WHEN USING INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS (IR);166
12.2;6.2 HIGH RISK IN STEEL PRODUCTION PLANTS;171
12.3;6.3 PREVENTION OF WORK FALLS;178
13;CHAPTER 7. IMPROVING SAFETY AND PERSONAL RELIABILITY;190
13.1;7.1 GOALS;190
13.2;7.2 SAFETY DIAGNOSIS;191
13.3;7.3 HOW CAN A SAFETY EXPERT DERIVE INTERVENTIONS FROMA SAFETY DIAGNOSIS?;192
13.4;7.4 WORK DESIGN (W);194
13.5;7.5 INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING (I+T);199
13.6;7.6 MOTIVATION AND CHANGE OF ATTITUDE (M);206
13.7;7.7 SELECTING APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES;214
13.8;7.8 PROBLEMS WHEN MAKING EVALUATIONS;215
14;ABOUT THE AUTHORS;222
15;SUBJECT INDEX;224