Contents -- Preface -- Part I. THE PROBLEM OF SAFETY -- 1 Safety versus business profit -- 1.1 The challenge of safety -- 1.2 Financial impact of accidents upon company profits -- 1.3 Business benefits of good safety performance -- 1.4 Review questions and exercises -- 2 Safety legislation -- 2.1 European legislation -- 2.2 The legal influence of the European Union on health and safety -- 2.3 Major accident legislation -- 2.4 Review questions and exercises -- 3 Risk assessment at work -- 3.1 What is risk assessment? -- 3.2 The stepwise approach to risk assessment -- 3.3 The roles and responsibilities of participants -- 3.4 Example risk assessment -- 3.5 Workplace risk and the risk of a major accident -- 3.6 Review questions and exercises -- 4 Industrial disasters encountered in the past -- 4.1 Flixborough -- 4.2 Seveso -- 4.3 Bhopal -- 4.4 Piper Alpha -- 4.5 Toulouse -- 4.6 Texas City -- 4.7 Review questions and exercises -- Part II DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL WORKPLACE HAZARDS -- 5 Occupational and industrial hazards -- 5.1 Definition of hazard and related terms -- 5.2 Classification of hazards -- 5.3 Common workplace hazard groups -- 5.4 Review questions and exercises -- 6 Falls, impact, falling objects and lifting -- 6.1 Falls -- 6.2 Slip and fall prevention measures -- 6.3 Impact and acceleration hazards -- 6.4 Lifting hazards -- 6.5 Review questions and exercises -- 7 Mechanical hazards and machine safeguarding -- 7.1 Mechanical injuries -- 7.2 Machine guards and safety devices -- 7.3 Robot safeguards -- 7.4 Review questions and exercises -- 8 Hazards of temperature extremes -- 8.1 Effects of high temperatures -- 8.2 Heat stress and performance -- 8.3 Effects of cold -- 8.4 Protection against temperature extremes -- 8.5 Review questions and exercises -- 9 Noise and vibration hazards -- 9.1 Effects of noise -- 9.2 Noise control.

9.3 Effects of vibration -- 9.4 Review questions and exercises -- 10 Ergonomic hazards -- 10.1 The science of ergonomics -- 10.2 Musculoskeletal disorders -- 10.3 Ergonomic risk factors -- 10.4 Prevention of MSDs -- 10.5 Review questions and exercises -- 11 Electrical hazards -- 11.1 Electrical shock -- 11.2 Ignition of combustible or explosive materials -- 11.3 Overheating and damage to equipment and burns to employees -- 11.4 Electrical explosions -- 11.5 Inadvertent activation of equipment -- 11.6 Electromagnetic effects -- 11.7 Reducing electrical hazards -- 11.8 Review questions and exercises -- 12 Radiation hazards -- 12.1 Electromagnetic radiation -- 12.2 Ionising radiation -- 12.3 Radiation measurements and limits -- 12.4 Radiation limits -- 12.5 Damaging effect of ionising radiation -- 12.6 Radiation protection considerations -- 12.7 Non-ionising radiation -- 12.8 Review questions and exercises -- 13 Pressure hazards -- 13.1 Cracking and rupture of pressure vessels -- 13.2 Hazards of unfired pressure vessels -- 13.3 Dynamic pressure hazards -- 13.4 Pressure hazards to humans -- 13.5 Review questions and exercises -- 14 Fire hazards -- 14.1 Fuels -- 14.2 Oxidisers -- 14.3 Ignition -- 14.4 Fire dangers to humans -- 14.5 Fires in industry -- 14.6 Review questions and exercises -- 15 Explosives and explosions -- 15.1 Explosions -- 15.2 Explosive materials -- 15.3 Damaging effects -- 15.4 Accidental explosions in industry -- 15.5 Review questions and exercises -- 16 Hazards of toxic materials -- 16.1 Toxic chemicals -- 16.2 Sources of toxic chemicals -- 16.3 Transport of toxic chemicals in the body -- 16.4 Effects of toxic chemicals -- 16.5 Toxic release accidents -- 16.6 Review questions and exercises -- 17 Hazards in workplace environments -- 17.1 Diversity of environments -- 17.2 Hazards of workplace environments.

17.3 Hazard recognition and evaluation -- 17.4 Entry into confined space -- 17.5 Review questions and exercises -- 18 Hazards posed by personnel -- 18.1 Human factor in workplace safety -- 18.2 Human errors and misbehaviour -- 18.3 Managing the hazard of human errors -- 18.4 Review questions and exercises -- 19 Emerging hazards -- 19.1 New and increasing hazards -- 19.2 Hazards of new technologies and aged plants -- 19.3 Hazards in networks and other interdependencies -- 19.4 Natural hazards triggering threat to industrial safety -- 19.5 Attacks on and against industrial installations -- 19.6 Hazards of nanotechnologies -- 19.7 Review questions and exercises -- Part III DEALING WITH ACCIDENTS -- 20 Occupational and industrial accidents -- 20.1 Occupational accidents -- 20.2 Major industrial accidents -- 20.3 Accident causing mechanisms -- 20.4 Review questions and exercises -- 21 Accident prevention by control of hazards -- 21.1 Eliminating hazards -- 21.2 Hazard level limitation -- 21.3 Isolation, barriers, and interlocks -- 21.4 Fail-safe designs -- 21.5 Failure minimisation -- 21.6 Warning means and devices -- 21.7 Safe operating procedures -- 21.8 Backout and recovery -- 21.9 Review questions and exercises -- 22 Minimisation of damage caused by accidents -- 22.1 Isolation and barriers -- 22.2 Personal protective equipment -- 22.3 Weak links -- 22.4 Escape, survival and rescue -- 22.5 Review questions and exercises -- 23 Managing the risks of major accidents -- 23.1 Principles of risk management -- 23.2 Accident prevention -- 23.3 Consequence mitigation -- 23.4 Review questions and exercises -- Postscript -- Appendix 1 Acronyms -- Appendix 2 Organisations and websites -- Appendix 3 Examples of warning signs -- Appendix 4 Bibliography -- References -- Index.