Loss Prevention, Second Edition: Hazard Idenitification, Assessment and Control
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0750615478 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 3000 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
'Professor Lees has covered what seems to be virtually every aspect of process engineering and the loss prevention aspects therein' - PROCESS ENGINEERING' This is the most comprehensive safety guide seen by C&I, from a process engineering stand point'.
Loss Prevention Bible F.P. Lees Loss Prevention provides the fundamentals for any viable prevention program throughout all segments of industry. It covers recognized good engineering practices that can transform a good company into a GREAT company through protection of profits from unintended incidents, downtime, and litigation costs. These volumes cover it all and are as critical to a corporation's bottom line as any financial manual.
Increased hazard of loss of life or property is continually highlighted with incidents such as Flixborough, Bhopal, Chernobyl and Piper Alpha.Increasing attention must therefore be paid to the control of these hazards, and in particular the need to develop a comprehensive approach to the avoidance of human and economic loss; this is loss prevention. New chapters are included on computers, artificial intelligence and expert systems, and new appendices feature recent disasters such as Bhopal and Piper Alpha. Frank Lees has completely rewritten this classic reference work on loss prevention, bringing every aspect up to date. Over the last three decades the process industries have grown very rapidly, with corresponding increases in the quantities of hazardous materials in process, storage or transport. Written in a clear and concise style, 'Loss Prevention in the Process Industries' covers trad
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Loughborough