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Addressing human error as a foreseeable, controllable aspect of process design, this important guidebook illustrates the weaknesses in man-machine interaction-drawing upon examples from numerous risk-associated industries.
Providing "ten commandments" to enhance complex system reliability, Man and Risks introduces nontechnical personnel to the structures and features of machines in complex systems...specifies various human operator characteristics....presents detailed case histories of such international disasters as the Challenger(America) space flight, Bhopal(India) chemical plant, and Flaujac (France) train collision...and more.
Analyzing the relationship between safety, reliability, and cultural attitudes, Man and Risks is important reading for military, industrial, and government safety engineers, managers, and inspectors, especially those involved in nuclear, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, and chemical processes; training and industrial education professionals; and graduate and undergraduate students of safety engineering.
