Organizational accidents revisited /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | "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. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472447661 (electronic bk.) 1472447662 (electronic bk.) |