Industrial Safety and Risk Engineering: Principles, Practices, and Real-World Case Studies - Couverture souple

Rao, J Aatish

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798271424267

Editeur : Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

In an era defined by automation, artificial intelligence, and Industry 4.0, Industrial Safety and Risk Engineering stands as a definitive guide to understanding, managing, and mastering risk in the modern industrial world.

This comprehensive and deeply researched book bridges classical safety principles with emerging technologies — combining engineering precision, management science, and ethical foresight into a single authoritative volume. Written for engineers, safety professionals, and industry leaders, it explores how today’s factories, energy plants, and digital production systems can achieve zero-accident operations through proactive design, predictive analytics, and resilient culture.

From the evolution of industrial safety thinking to the integration of AI-driven risk models, this book is your complete roadmap to engineering safer, smarter, and more sustainable industries.

Inside You’ll Discover:

✅ Foundations of Industrial Safety — The evolution of safety management systems, hazard identification, and risk assessment techniques such as HAZOP, FMEA, FTA, and JSA.

✅ Reliability and Failure Analysis — Practical insights into MTBF, MTTR, and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) with real industrial applications.

✅ Human Factors and Ergonomics — Understanding human reliability, cognitive safety, and error prevention through design and training.

✅ Fire, Chemical, and Mechanical Safety — Comprehensive coverage of safety in high-risk operations including chemical plants, foundries, refineries, and power systems.

✅ Process Safety Management (PSM) — Implementation of OSHA and ISO 45001 frameworks for large-scale industrial risk control.

✅ Digital Transformation of Safety — Integration of IoT sensors, digital twins, and AI-based predictive maintenance in Industry 4.0 environments.

✅ Legal and Ethical Frameworks — Corporate social responsibility, insurance, and post-disaster litigation analysis (including the Bhopal Gas Tragedy).

✅ Real-World Case Studies — Detailed analyses from Toyota, Shell, NASA, NTPC, Tesla Gigafactory, and more, showing how global leaders built resilient safety cultures.

✅ Emerging Frontiers — Explore the future of risk engineering in cyber-safety, nanotechnology, bio-manufacturing, and machine–human collaboration.

Why This Book Matters

Safety is no longer a compliance checkbox — it is a strategic, ethical, and technological imperative. This book redefines industrial safety as a continuous design problem, blending theory with actionable frameworks, quantitative tools, and lessons drawn from some of history’s most powerful industrial case studies.

Whether you are a mechanical engineer, safety manager, risk analyst, industrial consultant, or academic researcher, this book will help you:

• Anticipate, assess, and mitigate complex risks across modern industrial systems.

• Build resilient organizations that can learn, adapt, and recover from failure.

• Harness digital technologies like AI, IoT, and predictive analytics for proactive safety management.

• Understand the moral and economic dimensions of safety in a globally connected industrial ecosystem.

Perfect For:

• Safety & Risk Management Professionals

• Mechanical, Process, and Manufacturing Engineers

• Industrial Consultants & EHS Managers

• Postgraduate Engineering Students & Researchers

• Policy Makers & Corporate Leaders in Industry 4.0

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798271424267
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 170
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg