Description
Book SynopsisProvides an indispensable and thorough description of HAZOP (hazard and operability study) - the most powerful technique for the identification and analysis of hazards, a technique which is unknown in many industries and where it is employed, it often does not fulfil its potential because of incorrect use.
Trade Review"(The authors) provide a much-needed reference on HAZOP ... provides extensive useful guidance additional to that already available in Interim Defence Standard 00-58 and in most parts is extremely readable and well written. ... this book is highly recommended for anyone contemplating the use of HAZOP, the extension of HAZOP to software-based systems or the use of other similar hazard identification technqiues.", Iain Johnstone, , The Hazards Forum Newsletter#"(The book) fully describes the entire [HAZOP] process from A to Z. It also provides all of the necessary information and details to understand HAZOP and the steps involved in performing a HAZOP on any type of system. ... If you are looking for a guide that thoroughly describes HAZOP with examples, insight and obvious experience, I highly recommend this book.", , , Hazard Prevention: Journal of the System Safety Society#"... a very useful contribution that should help practising engineers, particularly software engineers, to design safer systems.", , , Computing and Control Engineering Journal#"....a helpful and authoritative reference....", , , The Hazards Forum Newsletter, Number 29#
Table of ContentsIntroduction;
The Role of Hazard Identification in the Management of Safety;
An Overview of HAZOP;
Representations and Attributes;
The Study Initiator's Role in HAZOP;
Team Selection and the Roles of Team Members;
The Use of Guide Words;
Planning a HAZOP Study;
Conduct of a Meeting;
Recording, Signing-off and Follow-up Work;
Hazard Identification throughout the Life of a System;
Dealing with Particular Difficulties;
HAZOP of Human-centred Systems;
HAZOP of Systems in an Environment that Changes during Operation;
Example PES HAZOP Sessions;
Introduction, Auditing and Improvement of HAZOP.
