Managing Major Hazards: The lessons of the Moura Mine disaster - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrew HopkinsSeries:Studies in SocietyPublish date:2001-08-01Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9781865087023ISBN-10:1865087025UPC:9781865087023Book Category:Business & Economics, Medical, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Emergency Medicine, Emergency ManagementSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.35 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCTTGSDRP8
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9781865087023ISBN-10:1865087025UPC:9781865087023Book Category:Business & Economics, Medical, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Emergency Medicine, Emergency ManagementSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.35 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCTTGSDRP8
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.
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