Normal Accidents

Normal Accidents

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2011-10-12

Type: BOOK

" In the new afterword to this edition Perrow reviews the extensive work on the major accidents of the last fifteen years, including Bhopal, Chernobyl, and the Challenger disaster.


The Limits of Safety

The Limits of Safety

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2020-05-05

Type: BOOK

In this provocative book, Scott Sagan challenges such optimism.


Friendly Fire

Friendly Fire

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2011-09-19

Type: BOOK

This book attempts to make sense of this tragedy--a tragedy that on its surface makes no sense at all. With almost twenty years in uniform and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior, Lieutenant Colonel Snook writes from a unique perspective.


Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents

Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-01-29

Type: BOOK

This lucid book presents a set of common principles to further our knowledge of the causes of major accidents in a wide variety of high-technology systems.


Atomic Accidents

Atomic Accidents

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-02-04

Type: BOOK

In this lively book, long-time advocate of continued nuclear research and nuclear energy James Mahaffey looks at each incident in turn and analyzes what happened and why, often discovering where scientists went wrong when analyzing past ...


Accidents of Nature

Accidents of Nature

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-05-02

Type: BOOK

Having always prided herself on blending in with "normal" people despite her cerebral palsy, seventeen-year-old Jean begins to question her role in the world while attending a summer camp for children with disabilities.


The Book of Accidents

The Book of Accidents

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2021-07-20

Type: BOOK


There Are No Accidents

There Are No Accidents

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-02-28

Type: BOOK

In this revelatory book, Singer tracks accidental death in America from turn of the century factories and coal mines to today's urban highways, rural hospitals, and Superfund sites.


The Next Catastrophe

The Next Catastrophe

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2011-02-07

Type: BOOK

Written in a highly accessible style by a renowned systems-behavior expert, this book is essential reading for the twenty-first century.


Pre-Accident Investigations

Pre-Accident Investigations

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2012-10-28

Type: BOOK

This book is a set of new skills written for the managers that drive safety in their workplace. This is Human Performance theory made simple.