Handbook of Loss Prevention Engineering
- 20h 22m
- Joel M. Haight
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2013
Loss prevention engineering describes all activities intended to help organizations in any industry to prevent loss, whether it be through injury, fire, explosion, toxic release, natural disaster, terrorism or other security threats. Compared to process safety, which only focusses on preventing loss in the process industry, this is a much broader field.
Here is the only one-stop source for loss prevention principles, policies, practices, programs and methodology presented from an engineering vantage point. As such, this handbook discusses the engineering needs for manufacturing, construction, mining, defense, health care, transportation and quantification, covering the topics to a depth that allows for their functional use while providing additional references should more information be required. The reference nature of the book allows any engineers or other professionals in charge of safety concerns to find the information needed to complete their analysis, project, process, or design.
About the Author
Joel M. Haight, Ph.D., P.E., is the Branch Chief of the Human Factors Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at their Pittsburgh Office of Mine Safety and Health Research. For the nearly 10 years prior to this appointment, Dr. Haight served as an Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He has a Ph.D. and Master’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering both from Auburn University. Dr. Haight worked as a manager and an environmental and safety engineer for the Chevron Corporation for 18 years, prior to joining the faculty at Penn State. He has nearly 40 peer-reviewed publications and is the editor-in-chief of the American Society of Safety Engineers -The Safety Professionals Handbook. He is a professional member of American Society of Safety Engineers, American Industrial Hygiene Association and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
In this Book
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Management Systems—Loss Prevention Engineering Programs and Policy
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Resource Allocation and Effectiveness Measures for Loss Prevention
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Engineering Systems and Engineering Economics of Loss Prevention
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Safety Management and Culture
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Leadership and Loss Prevention Engineering—Creating Conditions to Get beyond Compliance to High Performance
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General Loss Prevention Engineering Programs—Including Fire Loss Control
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Permit-to-Work Systems
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Excavation and Trenching
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Machine Safeguarding
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Boilers and Pressure Vessels—A Brief Look at General Safeguards
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Welding and Cutting
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Power Tools
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Personal Protective Equipment
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Powered Industrial Trucks
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Biomechanics and Physical Ergonomics
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Human Factors and Cognitive Engineering
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Virtual Working Environment
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Shaping of Working Conditions Using ICT Technology
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Safety-Oriented Virtual Prototyping of Mining Mechanical Systems
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Process Safety Regulations around the World
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Analytical Methods in Process Safety Management and System Safety Engineering—Process Hazard Analysis
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Safety Instrumented Systems
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Analytical Methods in Process Safety Management and System Safety Engineering—Layers of Protection Analysis
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Chemical Reaction Safety
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Application of Systems Engineering to Safety and Risk Management—A Human—Systems Integration Perspective
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Management of Change
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The Importance of Fostering a Strong Industrial Safety Culture and Change Management
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Contractor Safety Management
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Emergency Preparedness and Response
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Security and Terrorism
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Control of Chemical Hazards
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Control of Physical Hazards
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Control of Air Pollution
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Hazardous Waste Management and Engineering
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How to Conduct Effective Incident Investigations
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Incident Investigations—Lessons Learned—Development and Communications
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Managing Records, Investigation and Recommendation Management and Closure
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Fire Dynamics
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Fire Prevention and Protection
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The Science and Engineering of Explosions
