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9780750303606

The Hazards of Life and All That: A look at some accidents and safety curiosities, past and present, Third Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780750303606

  • ISBN10:

    0750303603

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1996-01-01
  • Publisher: CRC Press

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A light-hearted approach to a serious subject. The author relates tales of a wide range of accidents, past and present, and attempts to draw some conclusions on how little, in general, has been learned, and on how few truly new accidents occur. Paper. DLC: Industrial safety.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Hors d'Oeuvrep. 1
At Workp. 20
And At Playp. 36
On the Movep. 47
Gunpowder Plots and Other Explosionsp. 62
Precaution and Preventionp. 74
Chemists and Alchemistsp. 92
Grave Talesp. 107
Packing 'Em Inp. 122
They Should Have Known Betterp. 133
Close Confinementp. 145
The Best Laid Schemesp. 153
Odditiesp. 163
In Song and Versep. 178
Apocryphap. 196
Quotesp. 206
The One That Got Awayp. 217
Janusp. 219
Copyright Acknowledgmentsp. 224
Bibliographyp. 225
Indexp. 229
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