Reliability, safety and risk management. An integrated approach. : S.J. Cox and N.R.S. Tait. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, U.K., 1991 £30.00. 289 pp. ISBN 0-7506-1073-5

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 278 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0001-4575
• DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(93)90106-7

✦ Synopsis

but disagree with their view that these tragedies are the result of immorality and human failure. A sociological view finds causes lying in the conjunction of the acceptance of drinking as a fundamental aspect of leisure with the nearly total dependence of American society on private automobile transportation.

Unfortunately, Life and Death at Work is written in a difficult and ponderous style, typical of the intellectual progeny of Max Weber. Reading this book is not likely to be a great pleasure for most people, but it should be a duty for policy makers and their advisors in the area of accidents and other social problems.