Human Safety |
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| Author:
| Peters, George
Peters, Barbara |
| Series title: | Human Safety Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4905-6445-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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Our motivation was to explore why so many design defects, discrepancies, recalls, and preventable catastrophes were occurring almost unabated. Vol. 1 (& Vol. 2) present means of analyzing causes of catastrophes, determining remedies, and finding ways to prevent future catastrophic injury. It examines memory, vigilance, messages, communication, human error, neuropathy, poisoning, bus incidents, nuclear safety, lasers, ships, guarding, chemical leaks, oil drilling incidents such as...
More DescriptionOur motivation was to explore why so many design defects, discrepancies, recalls, and preventable catastrophes were occurring almost unabated. Vol. 1 (& Vol. 2) present means of analyzing causes of catastrophes, determining remedies, and finding ways to prevent future catastrophic injury. It examines memory, vigilance, messages, communication, human error, neuropathy, poisoning, bus incidents, nuclear safety, lasers, ships, guarding, chemical leaks, oil drilling incidents such as Deepwater Horizon, fatigue, aircraft, pipelines, ships, implants, negligence, environmental chemicals, responders, Jones Act, Quality issues, Liabilities, product safety, risk transfer. It is a 2 volume set of ideas, cases, and prevention with a multi-disciplinary point of view.