360 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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Review of previous edition: "Trevor Kletz's book makes an invaluable contribution to the systematic, professional and scientific approach to accident investigation". The Chemical Engineer Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Learning from Accidents provides more information on accident investigation, including coverage of accidents involving liquefied gases, building collapse and... Read more
Introduction; Two simple incidents; Protective system failure; Poor procedures and poor management; A gas leak and explosion - The hazards of insularity; A liquid leak and fire - The hazards of amateurism; Another tank explosion - The hazards of optional extras; Flixborough; Seveso; Bhopal; Three Mile Island; Chernobyl; Aberfan; Missing recommendations; Three weeks in a works; Some pipe failures; Piper Alpha; The King's Cross underground railway station fire; Clapham Junction - Every sort of human error; Herald of Free Enterprise; Some aviation accidents; Invisable hazards; Signals passed at danger; Longford: The hazards of following fashions; The Gresford colliery explosion; Green intention, red result; Looking beyond violations; Keeping an open mind; Secondhand software: The Therac story. Conclusions; Epilogue: Myths on incident investigations - widely held beliefs that are not wholly true.
Biography
Trevor Kletz
'By analysing accidents that have occurred, Trevor Kletz shows how we can learn from them and thus be better able to prevent them happening again....this book is a must for all maintenance, production and process engineers, design engineers, safety engineers and all those interested in safety and accident prevention.'
Chemical Industry Digest. Mar/Apr 2002
"Trevor Kletz's book makes an invaluable contribution to the systematic, professional and scientific approach to accident investigation". The Chemical Engineer
"I would recommend this book for all those with responsibility for health and safety".
Chemistry and Industry
"Trevor Kletz's excellent publication...the text is written in a style which is easy to understand, assimilate and put into practice". Health and Safety Focus Sep 1994
