Organizational accidents revisited / by James Reason.
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TextPublisher: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, © 2016Edition: Second editionDescription: ix, 147 pages : ill; 24 cmISBN: 9781472447654 (hardback : alk. paper); 9781472447685 (ebook)Subject(s): Industrial accidents | Risk managementDDC classification: 658.382 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library S Campus | 658.382 REA (Browse shelf) | Available (Restricted Access) | 46838 |
"Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents introduced the notion of an 'organizational accident'. These are rare but often calamitous events that occur in complex technological systems operating in hazardous circumstances. They stand in sharp contrast to 'individual accidents' whose damaging consequences are limited to relatively few people or assets. Although they share some common causal factors, they mostly have quite different causal pathways. The frequency of individual accidents - usually lost-time injuries - does not predict the likelihood of an organizational accident. The book also elaborated upon the widely-cited Swiss Cheese Model"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Refreshers -- The 'anatomy' of an organizational accident -- Error-enforcing conditions -- Additions since 1997 -- Safety management systems -- Resident pathogens and safety management systems -- Ten case studies of organizational accidents -- Foresight training -- Alternative views -- Retrospect and prospect -- Taking stock -- Heroic recoveries.
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