Serious incident prevention : how to achieve and sustain accident-free operations in your plant or company /
This is your guide to creating a proactive, effective prevention process. This book presents a model showing you how to systematically identify and execute the steps needed to make your operations incident-free. Its team-based approach draws every level of the organization into the effort. Serious i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Gulf Professional Pub.,
[2002]
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book Publisher description Table of contents |
| Summary: | This is your guide to creating a proactive, effective prevention process. This book presents a model showing you how to systematically identify and execute the steps needed to make your operations incident-free. Its team-based approach draws every level of the organization into the effort. Serious incidents affect a company's most important and most visible measures of performance, including profitability and company image. Use the author's ground-breaking method for preventing serious incidents, from a team perspective. Whether applied in real-life situations or in the classroom, this method will help you create a safer, more profitable plant. Up to date information and expanded topic coverage is provided in this new edition. There are two new chapters. One covers leveraging the power of behavior-based techniques and the other covers the benefits of developing teamwork skills. New material features case studies of corporations that have achieved a high degree of success from the implementation of Burns' techniques. Additionally, the author has included safety performance scorecards, a practical and effective tool for preventing serious incidents. * Updated with all new material on teamwork skills and behavior-based techniques * This unique method shows the user how to prevent serious incidents before they occur * Includes cases of real-life examples and safety performance scorecards. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | x, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780750675215 0750675217 |