Practical Risk Analysis for Safety Management

This report describes a practical risk analysis system which can be used for the quantitative characterization of risks and for the evaluation of proposed risk reduction procedures. The system uses numerical values for comparison purposes and provides descriptive terms that are meaningful to personn...

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Main Authors: Kinney, G F, Wiruth, A D
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCIDENTS
Administration and Management
EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY)
HAZARDS
MANAGEMENT
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
RISK ANALYSIS
SAFETY
Safety Engineering
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Summary:This report describes a practical risk analysis system which can be used for the quantitative characterization of risks and for the evaluation of proposed risk reduction procedures. The system uses numerical values for comparison purposes and provides descriptive terms that are meaningful to personnel in safety, operations, and management. The analysis functions are performed either algebraically or graphically on nomographs provided in the report.