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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hoyos, Carl G.,
• Zimolong, Bernhard,

Titel

Occupational safety and accident prevention : behavioral strategies and methods

Ort / Verlag

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; : Elsevier,

Erscheinungsjahr

1988

Link zum Volltext

• Elsevier Books AutoHoldings

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Front Cover; Occupational Safety and Accident Prevention: Behavioral Strategies and Methods; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface and Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 THE PROBLEM OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; 1.2 COUNTERMEASURES; 1.3 THE ROLE OF HUMAN FACTORS IN INJURY PREVENTION; 1.4 A FEW BASIC CONCEPTS; CHAPTER 2. ACCIDENT STATISTICS AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS; 2.1 ACCIDENT STATISTICS; 2.2 FRAMEWORKS OF INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS; CHAPTER 3. HAZARD AND SAFETY ANALYSIS; 3.1 BASIC PROCEDURES; 3.2 BEHAVIORAL TECHNIQUES; 3.3 SYSTEMS METHODS IN HIGH RISK INDUSTRY
• 3.4 RISK ASSESSMENTCHAPTER 4. HAZARD COGNITION AND RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR; 4.1 UNDERSTANDING HAZARD SIGNALS; 4.2 SOME RESULTS; 4.3 INFORMATION PROCESSING IN HAZARD COGNITION; 4.4 DECISION-MAKING IN HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS: EXPOSURE TOHAZARDS AND RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR; CHAPTER 5. HUMAN RELIABILITY; 5.1 HUMAN ERROR; 5.2 SYSTEM RELIABILITY; 5.3 ACCIDENT LIABILITY; CHAPTER 6. SAFETY STUDIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON HIGH RISK TECHNOLOGIES; 6.1 POTENTIAL DANGERS WHEN USING INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS (IR); 6.2 HIGH RISK IN STEEL PRODUCTION PLANTS; 6.3 PREVENTION OF WORK FALLS
• CHAPTER 7. IMPROVING SAFETY AND PERSONAL RELIABILITY7.1 GOALS; 7.2 SAFETY DIAGNOSIS; 7.3 HOW CAN A SAFETY EXPERT DERIVE INTERVENTIONS FROMA SAFETY DIAGNOSIS?; 7.4 WORK DESIGN (W); 7.5 INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING (I+T); 7.6 MOTIVATION AND CHANGE OF ATTITUDE (M); 7.7 SELECTING APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES; 7.8 PROBLEMS WHEN MAKING EVALUATIONS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; SUBJECT INDEX
• Since the early 1970s there has been a considerable growth in the literature published on the topic of human reliability. However, the main emphasis has been on technical aspects of human reliability, rather than on an integrated safety approach combining safety engineering, organization and human factors. Up till now, information on the subject of occupational safety which covers human reliability as one aspect has been widely scattered in technical reviews or briefly mentioned in textbooks.This book provides a comprehensive overview on occupational safety with special emphasis on the hum
• English
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 8, 2015).