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Lessons from Longford : the Esso gas plant explosion / Andrew Hoppkins.

Title: Lessons from Longford : the Esso gas plant explosion / Andrew Hoppkins.
Author: Hopkins, Andrew.
Publication: Sydney : CCH Australia Ltd., c2000.

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Description

vii, 172 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Lessons from Longford" examines the findings of the Royal Commission into the Esso gas plant explosion at Longford, Victoria, in September 1998. It is written by an expert witness at the Commission hearings. Two men were killed in the Longford accident, which ripped through the Esso plant with devastating consequences. Melbourne's gas supply was cut off for two weeks, causing disruption on a wide scale. Things happened that day in September that workers at the Longford plant had not seen before. Nevertheless, the accident was quite preventable. It was caused by a series of organisational failures: the failure to respond to clear warning signs, communication problems, lack of attention to major hazards, superficial auditing and, as much as anything, a failure to learn from previous experience. There is nothing unusual about any of this - organisational failures lie behind most major accidents - and the author identifies lessons which apply to any company which faces significant hazards. Written in a clear and concise style, "Lessons from Longford" explains why the Royal Commission decided that it was inappropriate to blame the plant operators and that the accident was really Esso's fault.

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"4491."

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-160) and index.

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Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Operator error -- Ch. 3. The failure to identify hazards -- Ch. 4. Ignoring alarms: necessary violations? -- Ch. 5. Communication: problems and solutions -- Ch. 6. Esso's approach to safety -- Ch. 7. Auditing -- Ch. 8. The regulatory environment -- Ch. 9. Privatisation -- Ch. 10. Selecting causes -- Ch. 11. An absence of mindfulness -- Appendix: The normal process and the accident sequence.

ISBN

1864684224

OCLC

59505358

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