Review of previous edition:

"Trevor Kletz's book makes an invaluable contribution to the systematic, professional and scientific approach to accident investigation". The Chemical Engineer



Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Learning from Accidents provides more information on accident investigation, including coverage of accidents involving liquefied gases, building collapse and other incidents that have occurred because faults were invisible (e.g. underground pipelines).

By analysing accidents that have occurred Trevor Kletz shows how we can learn and thus be better able to prevent accidents happening again. Looking at a wide range of incidents, covering the process industries, nuclear industry and transportation, he analyses each accident in a practical and non-theoretical fashion and summarises each with a chain of events showing the prevention and mitigation which could have occurred at every stage.

At all times Learning from Accidents, 3rd Edition emphasises cause and prevention rather than human interest or cleaning up the mess. Anyone involved in accident investigation and reporting of whatever sort and all those who work in industry, whether in design, operations or loss prevention will find this book full of invaluable guidance and advice.

Completely up-dated. Shows, by analysing accidents that have occurred, how we can learn from them, and prevent the same accidents happening again.

About the Author
Trevor Kletz, OBE, D.Sc., F.Eng., a process safety consultant, has published more than a hundred papers and nine books on loss prevention and process safety, including most recently Lessons From Disaster: How Organizations Have No Memory and Accidents Recur and Computer Control and Human Error. His experience includes thirty-eight years with Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., where he served as a production manager and safety adviser in the petrochemical division, and membership in the department of chemical engineering at Loughborough University, Leicestershire, England. He is currently senior visiting research fellow at Loughborough University and an officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Reviews

'By analysing accidents that have occurred, Trevor Kletz shows how we can learn from them and thus be better able to prevent them happening again....this book is a must for all maintenance, production and process engineers, design engineers, safety engineers and all those interested in safety and accident prevention.'
Chemical Industry Digest. Mar/Apr 2002

"Trevor Kletz's book makes an invaluable contribution to the systematic, professional and scientific approach to accident investigation". The Chemical Engineer

"I would recommend this book for all those with responsibility for health and safety".
Chemistry and Industry

"Trevor Kletz's excellent publication...the text is written in a style which is easy to understand, assimilate and put into practice". Health and Safety Focus Sep 1994

Book Information
ISBN 9780750648837
Author Trevor A. Kletz
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Gulf Publishing
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 720g