Analyzing Safety System Effectiveness

There used to be a specific safety analysis model to follow that fit all situations, but more and more, that thinking is being replaced by a more practical, adaptive approach based on specific personnel, functions, and the facilities involved. Dan Petersen captures this new way of thinking in his completely updated and revised classic reference, Analyzing Safety System Effectiveness. Establishing a three-part paradigm, he uses a step-by-step approach safety professionals can use to develop flexible new plans for analyzing the physical, managerial, and behavioral aspects of their existing safety programs:
* "Analyzing Safety Performance" describes the various ways to effectively analyze performance.
* "The Areas to Analyze" looks at specific ways of evaluating management and staff skills and behavior.
* "The Change Process" examines the processes of interpreting results, devising plans, and implementing change. APPROACHES TO ANALYZING PERFORMANCE.

The Analysis Task.

How We Traditionally Have Analyzed.

Analysis by Workers.

THE AREAS TO ANALYZE.

The Management System for Continuous Improvement.

The Management System to Build Culture.

The Management System to Improve Managers' Skills.

The Management System to Improve Employee Skills.

The Management System to Improve Worker Behavior.

The Management System to Improve Physical Conditions.

Additional Areas to Analyze.

THE CHANGE PROCESS.

Interpreting the Data.

Where Do You Want to Be?

Defining and Implementing Change.

Sources of Help.

APPENDICES.

Bibliography.

Index.

Dan Petersen is a consultant in Safety Management and Organizational Behavior whose long list of clients reads like a "Who's Who" of American industry, including Amoco, Borg Warner, Dow Chemical, DuPont, General Motors, IBM, Procter and Gamble, and Warner-Lambert. A Certified Safety Professional and Registered Professional Engineer, Mr. Petersen created the Graduate Program in Safety Management at the University of Arizona. He has been president of the National Safety Management Society and vice president of the American Society of Safety Engineers. The author of 17 books, he is a four-time winner of the National Technical Paper Award of the American Society of Safety Engineers.