Hazard Analysis Techniques for System Safety

by Ericson, Clifton A.

• ISBN13: 9781118940389
• ISBN10: 1118940385
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-07-20
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Explains in detail how to perform the most commonly used hazard analysis techniques with numerous examples of practical applications

• Includes new chapters on Concepts of Hazard Recognition, Environmental Hazard Analysis, Process Hazard Analysis, Test Hazard Analysis, and Job Hazard Analysis
• Updated text covers introduction, theory, and detailed description of many different hazard analysis techniques and explains in detail how to perform them as well as when and why to use each technique
• Describes the components of a hazard and how to recognize them during an analysis
• Contains detailed examples that apply the methodology to everyday problems

Author Biography

Clifton Ericson II has over 45 years of experience in the field of system safety, software safety and fault tree analysis. He currently works for URS Corporation (formerly EG&G). Mr. Ericson was President of the System Safety Society (2001-2003. Mr. Ericson won the System Safety Society's Presidents Achievement Award in 1998, 1999 and 2004 for outstanding work in the system safety field. Mr. Ericson is author of the book Hazard Analysis Techniques for System Safety and Concise Encyclopedia of System Safety both published by Wiley. He has prepared and presented training courses in system safety and software safety in the U.S., Singapore and Australia and has presented numerous technical papers at safety conferences.

Table of Contents

PREFACE xxi

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxiii

1. System Safety and Hazard Analysis 1

2. Systems 10

3. Hazards, Mishap, and Risk 28

4. Hazard Analysis Features 45

5. Hazard Recognition and Management 69

6. Functional Hazard Analysis 93

7. Preliminary Hazard List Analysis 109

8. Preliminary Hazard Analysis 125

9. Subsystem Hazard Analysis 145

10. System Hazard Analysis 164

11. Operating and Support Hazard Analysis 177

12. Health Hazard Analysis 199

13. Requirements Hazard Analysis 212

14. Environmental Hazard Analysis (EHA) 224

15. Fault Tree Analysis 240

16. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis 278

17. Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Analysis 300

18. Event Tree Analysis (ETA) 316

19. Cause—Consequence Analysis 327

20. Common Cause Failure Analysis 339

21. Software Hazard Analysis 363

22. Process Hazard Analysis 381

23. Test Hazard Analysis 390

24. Fault Hazard Analysis 406

25. Sneak Circuit Analysis 416

26. Markov Analysis 430

27. Petri Net Analysis 446

28. Barrier Analysis 456

29. Bent Pin Analysis 471

30. Management Oversight Risk Tree Analysis 483

31. Job Hazard Analysis 490

32. Threat Hazard Analysis 506

33. System of Systems Hazard Analysis 520

34. Summary 537

Appendix A List of Acronyms 549

Appendix B Glossary 552

Appendix C Hazard Checklists 567

Appendix D References 609

Index 613