Dhillon, B. S. 1947-

Engineering safety fundamentals, techniques, applications / [electronic resource] : B.S. Dhillon. - Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd., 2003. - 1 online resource (240 p.) : ill. - Series on industrial & systems engineering ; v. 1 . - Series on industrial and systems engineering ; v. 1. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Safety mathematics and reliability basics -- Workplace accidents and safety -- Safety management and control -- Safety analysis methods and techniques -- Risk management -- Human factors in safety -- Safety costing -- Maintenance safety -- Software safety -- Robot safety -- Safety in health care systems.

"Safety has become very important because each year a vast number of people die due to workplace and other accidents. For example, in the United States for the year 1996 as per the National Safety Council, there were 93,400 deaths and 20,700,000 disabling injuries due to workplace accidents, with a total loss of symbol$121 billion. Today there are a large number of books available on safety, but to the best of the author's knowledge none covers both general and systems safety (i.e., at a significant depth) and application or specialized areas such as software safety, robot safety, health care safety, and maintenance safety. This book has been written to satisfy that vital need."--Publisher's website.


System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9789812795441

2003363475


Engineering--Safety measures.--United States
Industrial safety--United States.
Electronic books.

TA192 / .D45 2003

363.119620973