Safety Accidents in Risky Industries: Black Swans, Gray Rhinos and Other Adverse Events

by Sasho Andonov

This text introduces bad events (incidents and accidents) named as metaphors. The metaphors, called as "safety animals," are named as black swan, gray rhino, gray swans, and invisible gorilla.

The book analyzes incidents and accidents from the context of the safety management system in the risky industries including aviation, nuclear, chemical, oil, and petroleum. It further uses mathematical analysis of these events (through statistics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032136472
• ISBN13: 9781032136479
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"