Process Safety Management And Human Factors

Download or read book Process Safety Management and Human Factors written by Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Process Safety Management and Human Factors: A Practitioner's Experiential Approach addresses human factors in process safety management (PSM) from a reflective learning approach. The book is written by engineers and technical specialists who spent the last 15-20 years of their professional career looking at behavioral-based safety, human factor research, and safety culture development in organizations. It is a fundamental resource for operational, technical and safety managers in high-risk industries who need to focus on personal and occupational safety management to prevent safety accidents. Real-life examples illustrate how a good, effective understanding of human factors supports PSM and positive impacts on accident occurrence. - Covers the evolution and background of process safety management - Shows how to integrate and augment process safety management with operational excellence and health, safety and environment management systems - Focuses on human factors in process safety management - Includes many real-life case studies from the collective experience of the book's authors