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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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)...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

of injury is rare in normal civilian practice, but common following a natural disaster. Other causes include industrial accidents, road traffic collisions...

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

during major events such as an earthquake. Charles Perrow, author of Normal Accidents, has said that sometimes redundancies backfire and produce less, not...

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

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...

accident triggered protests around the world. The 1979 Three Mile Island accident inspired Perrow's book Normal Accidents, where a nuclear accident occurs...

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

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

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

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

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