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One safeguard too many
  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?

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    31 December 2001

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • DOI:

    10.1049/em:20010208

  • ISSN:

    0960-7919

  • Library of Congress:

    TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    620 Engineering and allied operations

Citation

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

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Keywords

preventive maintenance; health and safety; safeguards; accidents; technology; acceptable risk; damage limitation; training

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