Managing Major Hazards
The lessons of the Moura Mine disaster
Many organisations live with hazards that have the potential to cause disaster. This was the case at Moura underground coal mine in Central Queensland, where 11 men died in an explosion in 1994. Andrew Hopkins shows that the explosion was the result of organisational failure, and uses it to draw lessons about managing major hazards. He argues that there are always tell-tale signs of impending disaster, and that organisations need to find ways of gathering this information and reacting to it appropriately. The Moura story also demonstrates the need to move responsibility for risk management up the corporate hierarchy to ensure that it is not o…
Mehr
CHF 38.05
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-00-025943-8
- EAN: 9781000259438
- Produktnummer: 34422597
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 172 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'183 KB
- Auflage: 2. Auflage
Über den Autor
Andrew Hopkins is senior lecturer in Sociology at the Australian National University and has published extensively in the area of occupational health and safety. He is author of Making Safety Work and co-author of Working for Change.
25 weitere Werke von Andrew Hopkins:
Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters
The lessons of the Moura Mine disaster
The lessons of the Moura Mine disaster
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 153.50
Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf
The lessons of the Moura Mine disaster
The lessons of the Moura Mine disaster
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 354.00
Bewertungen
Anmelden