Engineering a Safer World

Learn about a groundbreaking approach to safety engineering, based on modern systems thinking and theory. This new approach, proposed by Nancy Leveson, is more effective, less costly, and easier to use than current techniques. Leveson challenges traditional models of causality and presents an extended model called STAMP. With real-world examples like the friendly-fire loss of a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter and the Vioxx recall, Leveson offers techniques for system safety engineering, accident analysis, hazard analysis, system design, safety in operations, and management of safety-critical systems. Her approach can even improve safety and manage risk in large sociotechnical systems.