Basic Guide to System Safety

This book provides guidance on including prevention through design concepts within an occupational safety and health management system. Through the application of these concepts, decisions pertaining to occupational hazards and risks can be incorporated into the process of design and redesign of work premises, tools, equipment, machinery, substances, and work processes including their construction, manufacture, use, maintenance, and ultimate disposal or reuse. These techniques provide guidance for a life-cycle assessment and design model that balances environmental and occupational safety and health goals over the life span of a facility, process, or product.

The new edition is expanded to include primer information on the use of safety assurance techniques in design and construction.

Jeffrey W. Vincoli, CSP is currently the Manager of Environmental, Safety and Health Compliance Assurance for Bechtel Corporation. Jeff has over three decades of experience in the practice of occupational and environmental safety and health to include work in system safety analysis, accident and incident investigation, professional training and consulting services, and hazard recognition and assessment. He is a Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and has assisted in a number of task force assignments and appointed positions focusing on improving the practice of occupational safety and health on a global basis. He has conducted safety reviews and analyses, investigations and training at major construction and engineering projects located on six continents. Jeff is the author of eight published books with three different publishing houses and more than two dozen articles in professional trade journals.