Andrew hopkins of australian national university, canberra anu read 84 publications contact andrew hopkins. This latest book highlights the ways in which organisational cultures can be transformed to ensure that corporations fulfil their social obligations. Jan 31, 2017 safety management in the workplace is an issue of critical importance to business managers as well as those responsible for ohs in any organisation. This new book from professor andrew hopkins focuses on these concepts, and deals with the complex issues in a clear, informative style that will both inform. Andrew hopkins looks at the organisational causes of disasters. The organisational causes of disasters, andrew hopkins relates the story of a new south wales nsw train wreck that occurred near the glenbrook station in australia in 1999. Our cheap used books come with free delivery in australia. However, although the concepts of safety, culture and risk have become increasing matters of concern and are often discussed, they are concepts that are not often clearly understood. Description safety culture and risk by andrew hopkins safety management in the workplace is an issue of critical importance to business managers as well as those responsible for ohs in any organisation. The organisational causes of disasters this is one of several safety books written by professor hopkins and discusses the concepts of safety, culture and risk which are matters of concern that are often discussed, but are not often clearly understood. Available in the national library of australia collection.
Andrew hopkins explores behind the many failures of bps process safety management system that lead to the texas city refinery disaster. This new book from professor andrew hopkins focuses on these concepts, and deals with the complex issues in a. Andrew hopkins is emeritus professor of sociology at australian national university in canberra. This new book from professor andrew hopkins focuses on these concepts, and deals with the complex issues in a clear, informative style that will both inform organisations and companies, and assist them to be better able to create safe environments for their employees and clients, and to mitigate risk. The lessons of the moura mine disaster, presents a case study of the 1994 moura mine disaster in queensland, australia, in. Andrew hopkins is emeritus professor in the school of sociology at the australian national university. View a wider selection of the archive from within the magazine section of this site. His perspective as a social scientist reinforces many of the speakers on disruption at yesterdays sessions. Safety, culture and risk the organisational causes of.
Andrew hopkins has written widely about the causes of major accidents in the oil, gas and mining industry, as well as in aviation and rail transport. Safety, culture and risk national library of australia. Andrew hopkins, failure to learn, cch, 2009 casual compliance procedures known to be inadequate risk blindness focus on personal safety institutional inability to learn onsite risk assessment bias to desired outcome cost cutting discretion versus compliance organisational culture talking versus doing 5. Request pdf on jan 1, 2005, andrew hopkins and others published safety, culture and risk find, read and cite all the. Safety culture as the problem and the solution 8 4. Safety, culture, collective mindfulness and riskawareness. Professor andrew hopkins of the australian national university is an internationallyrenowned presenter, author an consultant in the field of industrial safety and accident analysis. Hopkins was involved in the investigation of the incident and. Cultural approaches to safety chapter 1 safety, culture, collective mindfulness and riskawareness part b. Part 1 is a general discussion of organisational culture. Andrew hopkinss most popular book is failure to learn. Buy a cheap copy of safety, culture and risk book by andrew hopkins.
Books by professor andrew hopkins futuremedia pty ltd. Professor andrew hopkins is being recognized by the european process safety centre in october 2008, in recognition of his contribution to safety. Cultural approaches to safety chapter 1 safety, culture, collective mindfulness and risk awareness part b. Catch up on the latest news, views and jobs from the chemical engineer.
Safety, quality and risk management, transdev australasia. Cultural dilemmas, tensions and unresolved issues 58. Safety, culture and risk by andrew hopkins goodreads. Safety management in the workplace is an issue of critical importance to business managers as well as those responsible for ohs in any organisation. Mar 19, 2020 safety management in the workplace is an issue of critical importance to business managers as well as those responsible for ohs in any organisation. The bp texas city refinery disaster, respected ohs expert professor andrew hopkins discusses the causes of a major explosion at the texas city oil refinery on march 23, 2005, that killed 15 workers and injured more than 170 others. Strengthening a culture of safety johns hopkins hospital. Andrew hopkins the concepts of safety, culture and risk are matters of concern and often discussed, but are often not clearly understood. Drawing on broader, social science definitions of culture, professor hopkins makes six propositions to improve our understanding of these terms. Culture and safety culture are misunderstood and abused terms, according to professor andrew hopkins speaking at the sia safety convention in sydney today. This new book from professor andrew hopkins focuses on these. Recent events including the global financial crisis and the bp texas city refinery disaster have been linked to such incentives, with commentators calling for. Hopkins challenges safety culture advocates to look at.
Safety management in the workplace is an issue of critical import. Safety management in the workplace is an issue of critical importance to business managers as well as those responsible go ohs in any organisation. It is an excellent discussion of how even with systems in place to track and investigate process safety incidents without the proper lines of communication and authority. This book deals with these complex issues so that organisations will be better able to create safe environments for their employees and clients, and to mitigate risk. Andrew hopkins topic specialist emeritus professor, sociology, australian. Given the background and credibility of the authors, managers should see this as a strong signal to look again with confidence at their leadership in safety. Professor andrew hopkins, sociologist and bestselling author of learning from highreliability organizations, failure to learn and safety, culture and risk. Safety culture and risk by andrew hopkins used very good. This book deals with the complex issues of safety, culture and risk in a clear, informative style.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Request pdf on jan 1, 2005, andrew hopkins and others published safety, culture and risk find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Working papers by professor hopkins process safety training. The organisational causes of disasters, by andrew hopkins. Books by professor andrew hopkins process safety training. Outcome of the civil action against esso arising out of the longford explosion, journal of occupational health and safety. The glenbrook train crash chapter 2 intr5oduction to the glenbrook case study chapter 3 a culture of rules chapter 4 a culture of silos chapter 5 on time running. Safety culture and risk by andrew hopkins 9781921022258. Failure to learn also analyses the similarities between this event and the longford gas plant explosion in victoria in 1998, featured in his earlier book lessons from longford. Organising for safety by andrew hopkins boffins books. This book from professor andrew hopkins focuses on these concepts, and deals with the complex. Safety, culture and risk by andrew hopkins paperback. Buy safety culture and risk by andrew hopkins, in very good condition.
Ebscohost serves thousands of libraries with premium essays, articles and other content including safety, culture and risk. Less well known is its penultimate chapter on safety culture, which is arguably the most useful discussion of. This is just one of the many innovations and new initiatives we have introduced since 2001, when leaders across johns hopkins medicine came together to build a culture that could better ensure the safety of our patients. Hopkins challenges safety culture advocates to look at structure one of the major influencers on occupational health and safety ohs management in australian has been andrew hopkins. Safety culture and risk by andrew hopkins boffins books. Organising for safety by andrew hopkins, 9781925894158, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He has published widely across the field of organisational safety, authoring titles including disastrous decisions, failure to learn, lessons from longford, lessons from gretley, and safety, culture and risk. The 3rd annual offshore safety conference 2014, houston, sep 29oct 1 aims to prevent major accidents from occurring offshore by enhancing process safety, drilling process improvement and well assurance. Andrew hopkins supports the abandonment of safety culture. Read the fulltext online edition of managing major hazards.
Andrew hopkins s most popular book is failure to learn. Safety, culture and risk the organisational causes of disasters reprinted 2008. The bp texas city refinery disaster, and safety, culture and risk, and more on. Andrew hopkins is emeritus professor of sociology at the australian national university in canberra. Safety, culture and risk the organisational causes of disasters. In this broadcast, professor andrew hopkins argues that inconsistent and contradictory use of the terms culture and safety culture has created confusion. Part 2 is an empirical investigation of how organisational culture affects safety, using the glenbrook train crash as a case study.
In 2008, he received the european process safety centre price for extraordinary contribution to process safety in europe the first time the prize was awarded to. The relationship between organisational culture and safety culture 53 appendix e. The organisational causes of disasters andrew hopkins sydney. Andrew hopkins has written widely about the causes. This book from professor andrew hopkins focuses on these concepts, and deals with the complex issues in a clear, informative style that will both inform. His influence comes from a combination of being outside the formal ohs profession and establishing a platform that is inclusive of information from a range of. See all books authored by andrew hopkins, including failure to learn. W wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. He was a consultant to the us chemical safety board in its investigation of the texas city. Andrew hopkins books list of books by author andrew hopkins.
The human and organisational causes of the gulf of mexico blowout, and failure to learn. Wolters kluwer australia cch safety culture and risk. Rms switzerland pioneer new approaches to wellbeing, health and safety in the workplace by creating and sustaining a positive workplace culture. Safety cultures, safety models hal archive ouverte.
Andrew hopkins, cch australia limited snippet view 2005. Hopkins, a 2005, safety, culture and risk, cch australia ltd, australia. The culture change industry assumes that this is best done with educational campaigns the hearts and minds approach. Pdf safety culture, mindfulness and safe behaviour. Buy safety culture and risk by andrew hopkins from boffins books in perth, australia. Key resources occupational health and safety library. The concepts of safety, culture and risk are matters of concern and often discussed, but are often not clearly understood. This is one of several safety books written by professor hopkins and discusses the concepts of safety, culture and risk which are matters of. The story and details of that effort are offered in this special patient safety issue.
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