The Risk Management of Safety and Dependability

The issue of risk should be embedded into the mindset of every engineer and manager to improve safety and dependability. Companies can be held accountable through law when a gross failing in health and safety management has fatal consequences. In this volume, risk management, the organizational structure required, and the main factors needed for its successful execution are explored. It covers legal risk management requirements, risk quantification, and risk reduction methods. It uses case histories of recent disasters to illustrate failures in risk management.