Identifying and understanding safety hazards form the pivot of all safety management theory and practice. This book, the first to clarify the true nature and characteristics of real safety hazards and the origins of safety risk, will assist safety practitioners to better understand safety risk assessment, safety management and safety auditing. This book is essential for everyone involved in the world of safety, whether medicine, hygiene, ergonomics, engineering, safety management and more.

Chapter 1: Safety and unsafety
Chapter 2: Challenging current views on safety hazards
Chapter 3: Safety hazards for real
Chapter 4: Characteristics of safety hazards
Chapter 5: Humans as safety hazards
Chapter 6: Safety in situational context
Chapter 7: The origins of safety risk
Chapter 8: The basis of safety management as a science

1st year students in Safety Management courses.