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Book Synopsis Failure to Learn The BP Texas City Refinery disaster by : Andrew Hopkins
Download or read book Failure to Learn The BP Texas City Refinery disaster written by Andrew Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Failure to Learn by : Andrew Hopkins
Download or read book Failure to Learn written by Andrew Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Failure to Learn by : Andrew Hopkins
Download or read book Failure to Learn written by Andrew Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book discusses the causes of a major explosion at the Texas City Oil Refinery on March 23, 2005. The explosion killed 15 workers and injured more than 170 others. Failure to Learn also analyses the similarities between this event and the Longford Gas Plant explosion in Victoria in 1998"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Disastrous Decisions by : Andrew Hopkins
Download or read book Disastrous Decisions written by Andrew Hopkins and published by Cch Australia Limited. This book was released on 2012 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes the reader into the realm of human and organisational factors that contributed to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. This event resulted in the loss of 11 lives, the sinking of the rig and untold damage to the environment. It is important to know what people did, but even more important to know why they did it. Hopkins from ANU.
Book Synopsis Response to Disaster by : Henry W. Fischer
Download or read book Response to Disaster written by Henry W. Fischer and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A third-generation disaster researcher challenges what he sees as a myth perpetrated since the genesis of the field in the 1950s that faced with an emergency, most people will panic and flee, become helplessly impassive, or loot. He sets out the empirical evidence in statistics and case studies. He agrees with colleagues that the mass media are a primary factor in spreading the myth, but goes beyond them to address what emergency agencies can do despite it. Graduate and undergraduate students interested in social response to disasters, the disaster research community, and people responsible for responding to disaster might find the treatment interesting. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Learning from Failures by : Ashraf Labib
Download or read book Learning from Failures written by Ashraf Labib and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning from Failures provides techniques to explore the root causes of specific disasters and how we can learn from them. It focuses on a number of well-known case studies, including: the sinking of the Titanic; the BP Texas City incident; the Chernobyl disaster; the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia accident; the Bhopal disaster; and the Concorde accident. This title is an ideal teaching aid, informed by the author’s extensive teaching and practical experience and including a list of learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter, detailed derivation, and many solved examples for modeling and decision analysis. This book discusses the value in applying different models as mental maps to analyze disasters. The analysis of these case studies helps to demonstrate how subjectivity that relies on opinions of experts can be turned into modeling approaches that can ensure repeatability and consistency of results. The book explains how the lessons learned by studying these individual cases can be applied to a wide range of industries. This work is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and will also be useful for industry professionals who wish to avoid repeating mistakes that resulted in devastating consequences. Explores the root cause of disasters and various preventative measures Links theory with practice in regard to risk, safety, and reliability analyses Uses analytical techniques originating from reliability analysis of equipment failures, multiple criteria decision making, and artificial intelligence domains
Book Synopsis Nightmare Pipeline Failures by : Jan Hayes
Download or read book Nightmare Pipeline Failures written by Jan Hayes and published by Cch Australia Limited. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The worst nightmares of the oil and gas pipeline industry are coming true in the United States.High-pressure natural gas pipelines run underground through many suburban areas as part of the network providing fuel to homes and businesses. This infrastructure poses an immense, but insufficiently recognised, threat to the general public. In 2010, one of these pipelines ruptured in San Bruno, a suburb of San Francisco adjacent to the international airport. The result was a massive explosion and fire in which eight people died, many were injured, and 38 homes were destroyed. This possibility haunts many cities around the world.Coincidentally in the same year, another worst-case scenario came true, near Marshall, in the state of Michigan. A pipeline rupture released vast quantities of oily sludge into a local river system. The smell was so offensive that many nearby residents were forced to sell their homes and get out. The clean-up cost the pipeline owner more than a billion dollars, making it the most expensive oil spill on land in US history.This book examines the causes of these two events. It argues that, although they were profoundly surprising to the companies concerned, from a broader perspective they were no surprise at all, stemming as they did from well-known human, organisational and regulatory failures. In particular, we emphasise two contrasting but equally flawed approaches to prevention of rare but catastrophic events.Fantasy planningCompanies often try to convince themselves, regulators and members of the public that they have the relevant hazards under control because they have elaborate plans to deal with them. When it comes to the point, these plans turn out to be wildly optimistic and full of unjustified assumptions and inaccurate data. Their function is symbolic rather than instrumental - that is, they serve as statements that the hazard is under control, rather than as real instruments of control. Fantasy planning was very evident in both accidents.Black swansThe second approach adopts the currently fashionable "black swan" metaphor. In Europe, historically, all swans are white, and Europeans could not conceive of a black swan - until they discovered Australia. In the 21st century, the concept of a black swan has taken on new meaning - a rare event with major impact, quite unpredictable at the time, although possibly explicable in hindsight. Nowadays, major industrial accidents, such as the blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, are sometimes referred to as black swans. But here the analogy breaks down. Black swans were unforeseeable to Europeans. Major accidents are not unforeseeable to risk analysts. In fact, it is their responsibility to foresee them and to put in place barriers against them. Accidents occur when those barriers fail. The metaphor is therefore wrong. In fact, it seems to be nothing more than a contemporary version of the idea that major accidents are inevitable - the 'stuff happens' view of risk management.Integrity managementThese two concepts shed new light on why integrity management is so difficult to get right and also how it can be improved. We hope that those in positions of responsibility in companies that have responsibility for hazardous facilities will feel the need to scrutinise their own integrity management systems with these absurdities in mind. The major failings we have identified provide valuable lessons for all organisations that use risk assessments to manage and prioritise routine activities.Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand is the non-exclusive distributor of this title.
Book Synopsis Failure to Learn - Mandarin Version by : FutureMedia
Download or read book Failure to Learn - Mandarin Version written by FutureMedia and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renowned safety culture expert Professor Andrew Hopkins discusses the causes of a major explosion that occurred at the BP Texas City Refinery on 23 March 2005. The explosion killed 15 workers and injured more than 170 others.Failure to Learn also analyses the similarities between this even and the Longford gas plant explosion in Victoria in 1998, the latter of which is featured in his earlier book, Lessons from Longford.Hopkins poses questions such as: How can companies better design themselves to manage major hazards? Who was blamed for the explosion? What were the real causes? Why had the lessons not been learnt from earlier incidents at Longford and elsewhere?Hopkins received the 2008 European Process Safety Centre Award for extraordinary contribution to process safety, making this the first time the prize was awarded to someone who is based outside of Europe.Failure to Learn is insightfully written and is an essential reference for all OHS professionals.Other titles by Hopkins available through FutureMedia: Nightmare pipeline failures Disastrous Decisions Failure to Learn: BP Texas City Refinery Disaster Learning from High Reliability Organisations Lessons from Gretley: Mindful Leadership and the LawLessons from Longford: the Esso Gas Plant Explosion Safety, Culture and RiskFor more information on FutureMedia products and services, visit www.futuremedia.com.au or www.processsafety.com.au
Book Synopsis Main Street America and the Third World by : John Maxwell Hamilton
Download or read book Main Street America and the Third World written by John Maxwell Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes readers through the fascinating, complex Third World connections that shape our lives in profound but subtle ways.
Book Synopsis Modern Petroleum by : Bill D. Berger
Download or read book Modern Petroleum written by Bill D. Berger and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Courting Disaster by : Julie Edelson
Download or read book Courting Disaster written by Julie Edelson and published by Zoland Books, Incorporated. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A black comedy on a crisis in a Southern family. After one child dies, the mother starts an affair, the father copies her, the two remaining children rebel, and the dog dies. The denouement comes on Thanksgiving Day.
Download or read book 09/11 8:48 AM written by and published by Booksurge. This book was released on 2001 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring oral history capturing America's most tragic day. Edited by BlueEar.com with the collaboration of the NYU Department of Journalism and written in the voices of the survivors, witnesses and helpless onlookers of the "Attack on America", this chronicle has a raw style that captures the fragile humanity caught at Ground Zero. Available only 19 days after the attack, this is the first book available and the only one straight from the hearts of the people that bravely stood in the line of fire.
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Book Synopsis Incidents That Define Process Safety by : CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)
Download or read book Incidents That Define Process Safety written by CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety) and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incidents That Define Process Safety describes approximately fifty incidents that have had a significant impact on the chemical and refining industries' approaches to modern process safety. Events are described in detail so readers get a fundamental understanding of the root causes, the consequences, the lessons learned, and actions that can prevent a recurrence. There are exhaustive investigative reports about these events, allowing you to apply the resulting safety principles to their current operations.
Download or read book One Big Party written by Paul Hellyer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis If the World Ran Out of B's by : Samantha Shireman
Download or read book If the World Ran Out of B's written by Samantha Shireman and published by Beyond Words Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores what would happen if people used up the limited supplies of the letter B, with such results as Bill becoming ill, and children opening gift oxes.
Download or read book Risky Rewards written by Andrew Hopkins and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial incentives have long been used to try to influence professional values and practices. Recent events including the global financial crisis and the BP Texas City refinery disaster have been linked to such incentives, with commentators calling for a critical look at these systems given the catastrophic outcomes. Risky Rewards engages with this debate, particularly in the context of the present and potential role of incentives to manage major accident risk in hazardous industries. It examines the extent to which people respond to financial incentives, the potential for perverse consequences, and approaches that most appropriately focus attention on major hazard risk. The book is based in part on an empirical study of bonus arrangements in eleven companies operating in hazardous industries, including oil, gas, chemical and mining.
Book Synopsis Disastrous Decisions by : Andrew Hopkins
Download or read book Disastrous Decisions written by Andrew Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2012-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: