{"product_id":"managing-major-hazards-andrew-hopkins-9781865087023","title":"Managing Major Hazards: The lessons of the Moura Mine disaster","description":"Many organisations live with hazards that have the potential to cause disaster. This was the case at Moura underground coal mine in Central Queensland, where 11 men died in an explosion in 1994. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Andrew Hopkins shows that the explosion was the result of organisational failure, and uses it to draw lessons about managing major hazards. He argues that there are always tell-tale signs of impending disaster, and that organisations need to find ways of gathering this information and reacting to it appropriately. The Moura story also demonstrates the need to move responsibility for risk management up the corporate hierarchy to ensure that it is not overshadowed by production pressures. Otherwise disasters will repeat themselves in horrifyingly similar ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eManaging Major Hazards\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping story and essential reading for occupational health and safety professionals, executives working in hazardous industries, policy makers, and readers interested in risk management and disaster studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Hopkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1865087025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781865087023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d","brand":"Andrew Hopkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129867333887,"sku":"9781865087023","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_454d3f28-18cc-416d-9893-a0395308ec38.jpg?v=1687466247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/managing-major-hazards-andrew-hopkins-9781865087023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}