Employing highly pragmatic case studies from a number of industries, this bestseller provides a comprehensive and easily accessible guide on how to build safety into products as well as into industrial processes. The text discusses the best system safety techniques used in various industries, types of hazard analyses, safety checklists and other safety tools, as well as techniques for investigating accidents. It explains how to set up a data management system for a system safety program and touches on risk assessment, including ways to conduct a risk evaluation. Designed specifically for engineers, this volume is also accessible to non-technical professionals needing a guide to the safety management of complex systems.