Choosing Safety
, by Frank, Michael V.- ISBN: 9781933115542 | 1933115548
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/15/2008
The technological age has seen catastrophic and preventable failures from buildings and bridges to space and launch vehicles, from chemical factories to nuclear power plants, from ships to airplanes, and from trains to automobiles. Often the root cause can be traced to decisions that did not appropriately consider safety as a factor in design and engineering.