Safety cases and safety reports [electronic resource] : meaning, motivation and management / Richard Maguire.

The safety case and its associated reports are becoming a mechanism for achieving safety goals, a valuable decision-support asset and a vital industrial liability management tool. This book provides a concentrated source document for assessing and constructing safety cases and safety case reports -...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Maguire, Richard, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Accidents and safety
  • The language of safety
  • The safety management system
  • The purpose of a safety case
  • The requirement for a safety case
  • Setting a safety boundary
  • Measuring safety performance
  • Safety targets
  • So far as is reasonably practicable
  • Individual, group and population risk
  • The safety team
  • Costs in safety
  • Techniques and tools for safety cases
  • The hazard log
  • Human factors in safety cases
  • Software factors in safety cases
  • Management factors in safety cases
  • Independent safety review
  • Presentation of the safety case
  • Maintenance of the safety case.