Process Safety Management and Human Factors

Process Safety Management and Human Factors: A Practitioner''s Experiential Approach addresses human factors in process safety management (PSM) from a reflective learning approach. The book is written by engineers and technical specialists who spent the last 15-20 years of their professional career looking at behavioral-based safety, human factor research, and safety culture development in organizations. It is a fundamental resource for operational, technical and safety managers in high-risk industries who need to focus on personal and occupational safety management to prevent safety accidents. Real-life examples illustrate how a good, effective understanding of human factors supports PSM and positive impacts on accident occurrence.- Covers the evolution and background of process safety management- Shows how to integrate and augment process safety management with operational excellence and health, safety and environment management systems- Focuses on human factors in process safety management- Includes many real-life case studies from the collective experience of the book''s authors