Predicting and Preventing the Unwanted
John Bradley was a retired flight test engineer with a long career in the flight testing of military aircraft at what was the A&AEE at Boscombe Down in England. On his retirement he wrote of his experiences in At the Edge…
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Table 4.2 shows the Risk estimation calculation from Figure 4.4. Unfortunately, in the process of figure production the location of the string of hypothetical data points on the figure moved and this was not noticed during the reads of the draft…
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“I… have just finished reading your new book entitled Occupational Risk Control. It is an excellent, well-researched and logical publication and I really enjoyed: · Critique of accident theory and the Heinrich cause-effect relationship · Limitations of the risk matrix…
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Professor Brian Cox, a British physicist, has become famous for his popular interpretations of physics for the lay person on television and radio. In the BBC programme Wonders of the Universe he observed that our experience (in our observations of the universe)…
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Something in a BBC news report on this derailment caught my eye – the statement made to the media by Amtrak management: Amtrak boss Joseph Boardman said on Thursday that the agency’s goal is to “fully understand what happened and…
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Consider the Concorde crash of 25th July, 2000. The aircraft hit metal debris left on the runway by a preceding aircraft, a tyre burst and rubber fragment(s) punctured the wing skin leading to a fuel leak. The fuel was ignited…
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Glossaries are not uncommon in this field. Examples include: International Atomic Energy Authority, Worksafely, Air Safety Support International, EOHS Terms, to mention probably a few of what may be found in a web search. In addition, much legislation offers definitions of relevant terms, written…
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The lack of systemic (country-wide) and organisational risk management can be seen in the disasters which reach public attention through news channels. Many of these occur in the developing world and add an awful burden to the life of people…
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Dr Steve Cowley PhD, BSc(Hons)(OHS), MSc(OccHyg), GCert(Ed), CMIOSH, FSIA Derek Viner’s name is synonymous with the study and practice of engineering approaches to health and safety. In this highly readable and instructive book he draws on his enviable wealth of experience, taking…
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