Guidelines for Developing Quantitative Safety Risk Criteria

* Written by a committee of safety professionals, this book creates a foundation document for the development and application of risk tolerance criteria

* Helps safety managers evaluate the frequency, severity and consequence of human injury

* Includes examples of risk tolerance criteria used by NASA, Earthquake Response teams and the International Maritime Organization, amongst others

* Helps achieve consistency in risk-based decision-making

* Reduces potential liabilities in the use of quantitative risk tolerance criteria through reference to an industry guidance document