that accidents are unavoidable and cannot be designed around. "Normal" accidents, or system accidents, are so-called by Perrow because such accidents are...

coupling)." Perrow uses the term normal accident to emphasize that, given the current level of technology, such accidents are highly likely over a number...

abandon such technology entirely. "Normal" accidents, or system accidents, are so called by Perrow because such accidents are inevitable in extremely complex...

or forgetting an appointment. Accidents during the execution of work or arising out of it are called work accidents. According to the International...

been many accidents with varying impacts as well near misses and incidents". As of 2014, there have been more than 100 serious nuclear accidents and incidents...

that has succeeded in avoiding catastrophes in an environment where normal accidents can be expected due to risk factors and complexity. Important case...

presents a theory of 'normal accidents' arising from the combination of tight coupling and complexity. Bookstaber reviews accidents such as Three Mile Island...

Non-Nuclear Futures: The Case for an Ethical Energy Strategy (1975) Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies (1984) Nuclear Implosions: The...

nuclear accidents would be expected in that period. Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from...

Adage typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong" Normal Accidents – 1984 book by Charles Perrow Setting up to fail – Form of workplace...

distributions Miracle – Event not explicable by natural or scientific laws Normal Accidents – 1984 book by Charles Perrow Normalcy bias – Disbelief or minimization...

safety guidelines. According to a 2010 survey of energy accidents, there have been at least 56 accidents at nuclear reactors in the United States (defined as...

into making the single engine reliable. Charles Perrow, author of Normal accidents, wrote that sometimes redundancies backfire and produce less, not more...

aviation accidents and incidents in or in the vicinity of the United States or its territories. It comprises a subset of both the list of accidents and incidents...

Reason, creator of the Swiss cheese model, and Charles Perrow author of Normal Accidents. These scholars demonstrated the complexity and system coupling inherent...

safe, accidents during the transportation of nuclear waste can still result in the leakage of nuclear contaminants. Large-scale nuclear accidents, like...

and the ensuing civil disorder in surrounding areas. In his book Normal Accidents, Charles Perrow says that multiple and unexpected failures are built...

Normal People is a 2018 novel by the Irish author Sally Rooney. Normal People is Rooney's second novel, published after Conversations with Friends (2017)...

achievement of proper operating conditions, prevention of accidents or mitigation of accident consequences, resulting in protection of workers, the public...

book Normal Accidents: Living With High Risk Technologies (ISBN 0-691-00412-9) which explains his theory of normal accidents; catastrophic accidents that...

and community. The Three Mile Island accident inspired Perrow's book Normal Accidents, where a nuclear accident occurs, resulting from an unanticipated...

saw." The 1979 Three Mile Island accident inspired Charles Perrow's book Normal Accidents, where a nuclear accident occurs, resulting from an unanticipated...

Tokaimura nuclear accidents refer to two nuclear related incidents near the village of Tōkai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The first accident occurred on 11...

lists notable military accidents involving nuclear material. Civilian accidents are listed at List of civilian nuclear accidents. For a general discussion...

Project: Development". USBR. Retrieved December 6, 2012. Perrow, Charles. Normal Accidents. New York: Basic Books, 1984. ISBN 0-465-05144-8, pp. 233–238 "The...

Retrieved 2014-06-01. Scott D. Sagan (March 2004). "Learning from Normal Accidents" (PDF). Organization & Environment. Archived from the original (PDF)...

"criticality accident alarm system" detectors that are properly deployed. Criticality accidents are divided into one of two categories: Process accidents, where...

Island (Lake Winnipesaukee), an island in New Hampshire, United States Normal Accidents § Three Mile Island The China Syndrome This disambiguation page lists...

and plane accidents but are relatively unconcerned about some highly frequent and deadly events, such as traffic crashes, household accidents, and medical...

removed by condensate polishing treatment. Perrow, Charles (1999). Normal Accidents: Living with high-risk technologies. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-00412-9...