One safeguard too many

Kubie, J.

Abstract

To protect against accidents and their consequences, companies may take one of several courses of action. They can choose to do nothing, and live with an 'acceptable risk', or they may invest heavily in training, technology, preventive maintenance and damage limitation exercises. There are several courses of action in between these two, but at what point does a precaution become one too many?

Citation

Kubie, J. (2001). One safeguard too many. Engineering Management, 11(2), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1049/em%3A20010208

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2001
• Deposit Date: Jul 26, 2016
• Journal: Engineering Management Journal
• Print ISSN: 0960-7919
• Electronic ISSN: 1741-0487
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 67-76
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/em%3A20010208
• Keywords: preventive maintenance; health and safety; safeguards; accidents; technology; acceptable risk; damage limitation; training
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/315467