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Third Edition
By
Trevor Kletz, Process Safety Consultant, UK
Description
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 other incidents
that have occurred because faults were invisible (e.g. underground pipelines).
By analysing accidents that have occurred Trevor Kletz
shows how we can learn and thus be better able to prevent accidents happening again. Looking at a wide range of incidents, covering the
process industries, nuclear industry and transportation, he analyses each accident in a practical and non-theoretical fashion and summarises
each with a chain of events showing the prevention and mitigation which could have occurred at every stage.
At all times Learning from
Accidents, 3rd Edition emphasises cause and prevention rather than human interest or cleaning up the mess. Anyone involved in accident
investigation and reporting of whatever sort and all those who work in industry, whether in design, operations or loss prevention will
find this book full of invaluable guidance and advice.
Audience
Primary:
Managers, Maintenance engineers, design engineers, safety engineers, human factors specialists and all those interested in safety
and accident prevention.
Secondary
Students on ROSPA and HSE health and safety courses.
Contents
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.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 352 pages, publication date: JUL-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-4883-7
ISBN-10: 0-7506-4883-X
Imprint: GULF PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHING
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