Edition with Errata corrected
Editions with errata corrected became available from approximately November 2020.
Errata
Page 94 typographical error
In the fourth sentence of the second paragraph, the text should read “it is highly unlikely in Risk work…”, not “highly uniquely”.
Probability estimates with zero Occurrences
On page 100 an error has been made in the cruise ship example used to illustrate the application of Quigley and Revie’s theory for the estimation of probability when there has been no prior experience of Occurrences. The text from…
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Typographical error on page 148
Part way down this page is number 3 in the list. The text here should say “what ability does the system have to prevent it from failing?”, not “falling”
A reference to a non-existent Table on Page 200
The top line of page 200 includes the text … (see Table 7.4) …. This sentence is about “the categorisation of risk control standards as controls on physical and environmental risks factors, controls over the way in which work is…
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Table 4.2 and associated text
Table 4.2 shows the Risk estimation calculation from Figure 4.4. Unfortunately, in the process of figure production the location of the string of hypothetical data points on the figure moved and this was not noticed during the reads of the draft…
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