a century of understanding accidents and disasters /
First Statement of Responsibility
Sidney Dekker.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Boca Raton, FL :
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CRC Press, Taylor & Francis,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xxi, 445 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Author; Chapter 1 The 1900s and Onward: Beginnings; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Safety and Risk: Divine or Human?; 1.3 Modernity and Humankind's Control of Nature; 1.4 Modernity and Safety Engineering; 1.5 The Rise of Safety Institutions; 1.5.1 The Politics of Safety; 1.5.2 Inspectors and Investigators; 1.5.3 Standards and Professional Associations; 1.5.4 Insurers, the State, and Workers' Compensation; 1.6 Safety Science and the Role of the Human; Study Questions; References and Further Reading
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2.4 Model 2: Applying Procedures as Substantive Cognitive Activity2.4.1 Procedures and the Complexity of Work; 2.4.2 Procedures as Resources for Action; 2.4.3 Work-as-Imagined Versus Work-as-Done; 2.5 Model 2 and Safety; 2.5.1 The Limits of Prespecified Guidance; 2.5.2 Failing to Adapt or Adaptations That Fail; 2.5.3 Closing the Gap or Understanding It?; 2.6 Scientific Management in Safety Today; 2.6.1 Workers Are Dumb, Managers Are Smart; 2.6.2 Taylor and Linear, Closed, Predictable Work; 2.6.3 Methodological Individualism; Study Questions; References and Further Reading
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3.4.3 Accident-Proneness Versus Systems Thinking3.5 Expertise and Accident-Proneness; 3.5.1 Are Experts More Accident Prone?; 3.5.2 Expertise and Organizational Vulnerability to Accidents; Study Questions; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4 The 1930s and Onward: Heinrich and Behavior-Based Safety; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 A 'Scientific' Examination of Accident Causation; 4.2.1 Heinrich's Study; 4.2.2 Bird and 'Damage Control'; 4.3 Three Pillars of Heinrich's Theory; 4.3.1 Injuries Are the Result of Linear, Single Causation
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Chapter 2 The 1910s and Onward: Taylor and Proceduralization2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Intersection of Science, Management, and Safety; 2.2.1 Foundations of Procedures and Safety; 2.2.2 Taylor and Time Studies; 2.2.3 The Gilbreths and Motion Studies; 2.2.4 Differences and Similarities between Time and Motion Studies; 2.2.5 Implications for Safety Science; 2.3 Procedures, Safety Rules, and "Violations"; 2.3.1 The Relationship between Safety and Rules; 2.3.2 Model 1 and the Scientific Management Legacy; 2.3.3 "Violations" as a Preoccupation of Model 1
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Chapter 3 The 1920s and Onward: Accident Prone3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Discovery (or Construction) of Accident-Proneness; 3.2.1 Accident-Prone Workers; 3.2.2 German Origins of Accident-Proneness; 3.2.3 English Origins of Accident-Proneness; 3.2.4 French Origins of Accident-Proneness; 3.3 The Social Conditions of Possibility; 3.3.1 Modernization, Measurement, and Statistics; 3.3.2 Individual Differences and Eugenics; 3.3.3 Idiots, Imbeciles, and Morons; 3.4 Accident-Proneness Today; 3.4.1 The Growth of Dissent; 3.4.2 Recent Studies of Accident-Proneness
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How are today's 'hearts and minds' programs linked to a late-19th century definition of human factors as people's moral and mental deficits? What do Heinrich's 'unsafe acts' from the 1930's have in common with the Swiss cheese model of the early 1990's? Why was the reinvention of human factors in the 1940's such an important event in the development of safety thinking? What makes many of our current systems so complex and impervious to Tayloristic safety interventions? 'Foundations of Safety Science' covers the origins of major schools of safety thinking, and traces the heritage and interlinkages of the ideas that make up safety science today. Features Offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations of safety science Provides balanced treatment of approaches since the early 20th century, showing interlinkages and cross-connections Includes an overview and key points at the beginning of each chapter and study questions at the end to support teaching use Uses an accessible style, using technical language where necessary Concentrates on the philosophical and historical traditions and assumptions that underlie all safety approaches.