Lessons from Disaster: How Organisations Have No Memory and Accidents Recur - Softcover

Kletz, Trevor A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852953070 ISBN 13: 9780852953075

Publisher: The Institution of Chemical Engineers, 1993

Synopsis

This series of essays on safety and loss prevention is aimed at helping the process industries avoid accidents and improve its public image. The central message is the apparent inability of organizations to learn, and retain in the long term, the lessons drawn from accidents. Thus incidents of a similar type recur within the same company at intervals of a decade or so, as personnel involved move on to other jobs. Kletz illustrates his thesis copiously with cases which provide advice for engineers. He also offers his own advice on how to improve the corporate memory.

IChemE, the Institution of Chemical Engineers, is the center for chemical, biochemical and process engineering professionals worldwide.

We are the heart of the process community, promoting competence and a commitment to sustainable development, advancing the discipline for the benefit of society and supporting the professional development of members.

Some of the areas we publish in include:

-Safety in the process industries - the BP Process Safety series

-Consultancy for chemical engineers

-Project management in the process industries

-Contract management in the process industries - International Forms Of Contract series

-Communication skills for engineers

Edition details

• Publisher: The Institution of Chemical Engineers
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852953070
• ISBN 13: 9780852953075
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180