Safety 2012 Proceedings

764 Using System Safety Techniques to Perform Hazard Analysis (A)

Instructor: John J. Kolak, CSP, Praxis Corporation, Granbury, TX

Description: Most safety professionals use very basic hazard analysis (HA) tools, such as Job Safety Analysis (JHA) or _What If? techniques to quantify risk in the workplace. However, there are far more-powerful HA techniques included in System Safety that will remove the subjectivity out of HA. This presentation will apply System Safety techniques to assess risk, including estimating financial losses.

Level: A