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Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders
CRC Press 2013; US$ 129.95The third edition of a bestseller, Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders continues to provide the fundamentals of "street chemistry" required by emergency response personnel. Emergency response and hazmat expert Robert Burke takes the basics of chemistry appropriate for response personnel and puts it into understandable terms.... more...
Operational Decision-making in High-hazard Organizations
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95This book describes research on safety-related decision-making by operations supervisory personnel in three different high-hazard industries, and features a case study illustrating each: a chemical plant, a nuclear power station and an air-navigation service provider. The focus of this research is unique: those who supervise the frontline personnel... more...
Misunderstandings in ATC Communication
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 104.95Misunderstandings in ATC Communication offers an in-depth report of a seminal study in aviation communication, which until now has only been available in the form of an unpublished dissertation. In addition, it offers a recent extension of that work, the authors reflections on the research process, and a thorough review of the aviation communication... more...
Handbook of Loss Prevention Engineering
Wiley 2013; US$ 286.50Loss prevention engineering describes all activities intended to help organizations in any industry to prevent loss, whether it be through injury, fire, explosion, toxic release, natural disaster, terrorism or other security threats. Compared to process safety, which only focusses on preventing loss in the process industry, this is a much broader... more...
Computer System Reliability
CRC Press 2013; US$ 99.95Computer systems have become an important element of the world economy, with billions of dollars spent each year on development, manufacture, operation, and maintenance. Combining coverage of computer system reliability, safety, usability, and other related topics into a single volume, Computer System Reliability: Safety and Usability eliminates the... more...
On the Practice of Safety
Wiley 2013; US$ 99.95Explains how to implement the best safety practices and why they work Reviews from the Third Edition "An excellent piece of work." Safety Health Practitioner (SHP) "This is a book to be read now for its educational value and also to be kept on the shelf for easy future reference." Chemistry International "A... more...
Falls from Height
Wiley 2013; US$ 79.95Occupational fall protection has grown substantially as a safety practice over the past two decades. This book guides the reader in creating a comprehensive plan for post-fall rescue and retrieval in the workplace. Chapters lay out, step by step, a valuable roadmap to follow in developing specific plans for effecting prompt rescue at work locations.... more...
Systems Engineering and Safety
CRC Press 2013; US$ 89.95Systems engineering principles are currently being applied to system safety best practices in several industries, as well as state and local governments. This book covers the payoff in both dollars and goodwill to the investment made in merging those two important and often neglected disciplines. It can be read, understood, and acted upon by the Chief... more...
Fluid Mechanics for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection
Elsevier Science 2013; US$ 274.00Applications of the science of fluid mechanics to the new and expanding fields of industrial safety and environmental protection are discussed in this volume. The material is organized in accordance with the chain-of-events in real accidents, starting with the loss of containment of hazardous fluids, going on to the spreading and mixing processes in... more...
Work Domain Analysis
CRC Press 2013; US$ 89.95In complex sociotechnical systems such as military, health care, and nuclear power systems, poor performance or errors resulting from inadequate designs can have catastrophic consequences. Although considered challenging to learn and execute well, work domain analysis can be used as a framework to assist in the design of these systems. Work Domain... more...









