How are today-s -hearts and minds- programs linked to a late-19th century definition of human factors as people-s moral and mental deficits? What do Heinrich-s -unsafe acts- from the 1930-s have in common with the Swiss cheese model of the early 1990-s? Why was the reinvention of human factors in the 1940-s such an important event in the development of safety thinking? What makes many of our current systems so complex and impervious to Tayloristic safety interventions? -Foundations of Safety Science- covers the origins of major schools of safety thinking, and traces the heritage and interlinkages of the ideas that make up safety science today.
Features
- Offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations of safety science
- Provides balanced treatment of approaches since the early 20th century, showing interlinkages and cross-connections
- Includes an overview and key points at the beginning of each chapter and study question
