Human Safety & Risk Management 2ed

Reflecting a decade’s worth of changes, Human Safety and Risk Management, Second Edition contains new chapters addressing safety culture and models of risk as well as an extensive re-working of the material from the earlier edition. Examining a wide range of approaches to risk, the authors define safety culture and review theoretical models that elucidate mechanisms linking safety culture with safety performance. Filled with practical examples and case studies and drawing on a range of disciplines, the book explores individual differences and the many ways in which human beings are alike within a risk and safety context. It delineates a risk management approach that includes a range of techniques such as risk assessment, safety audit, and safety interventions. The authors address concepts central to workplace safety such as attitudes and their link with behavior. They discuss managing behavior in work environments including key functions and benefits of groups, factors influencing team effectiveness, and barriers to effectiveness such as groupthink.

Introduction Establishing the Field Emerging Issues in OHS Research and Practice Risk models and risk management Introduction First-Order Concepts/Approaches to Risk Expanded/Developed Approaches to Risk Meta-Approaches to Risk Further Discussion From sensation and perception through motivation and behavior Introduction Sensation and the Human Senses Perceptual Organization and Interpretation Attention and Vigilance Causal Attribution Behavioral Approach to Motivation Motivating for Safety Conclusions Human error and human factors Introduction Human Error Categorizing Human Error Error Occurrence and Detection Human Factors Interface Design Techniques for Reducing Human Error/Increasing Human Reliability Conclusions Personality and risk liability Introduction Models of Personality and the “Big Five” Accident Proneness “Big-Five” Personality Characteristics and Injury Liability Risk Propensity Individual Differences in Error Liability Personality at Work Conclusions Attitudes, values, and risk behaviors Introduction Understanding Attitudes The Nature of Attitudes Attitudes Toward Safety and Risk Attitudes and Behavior: Some Theoretical Perspectives More Complex Approaches to Attitude –Behavior Links Attitude Change Safety Climate and Safety Attitudes Conclusions The role of stress in safety and risk Introduction Theoretical Models of Stress Workplace Stressors and Injuries Individual Differences and Job Stress Mechanisms Linking Stress with Injuries Stress Interventions Conclusions Managing teams for safe performance Introduction Functions and Benefits of Groups Formation and Types of Groups Team Effectiveness Safety Committee Effectiveness Barriers to Team Effectiveness Managing Effective Work Teams Conclusions Leading and supervising for safe performance Introduction Leadership Theories New Leadership Theories Leadership Failures Leadership Ethics Conclusions Managing human risks Introduction A Risk Management Approach HR Practices Associated with Occupational Health and Safety Managing Safety Risks: An Integrated Approach Conclusions Safety culture Introduction Defining Safety Culture Theoretical Models of Safety Culture Approaches to Developing and Measuring Safety Culture Changing Towards a Positive Safety Culture Safety Culture and Risk Management Conclusions Risk management — conclusions Staged Approaches to Managing Safety Risks Beyond a Standards Approach Integrating Individual and Organizational Adaptive Features Beyond Prevention References