Foundations of safety science : a century of understanding accidents and disasters
By: Dekker, Sidney
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BookPublisher: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, c2019.Description: xxi, 445 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781351059787; 9781138481787Subject(s): Industrial safety -- History | Industrial accidents -- HistoryDDC classification: 363.11 DE FO Online resources: Location Map
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Includes index.
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