E110: Why Low Injury Rates Hide Catastrophic Risk (The Longford Disaster)
This ep unpacks the 1998 Esso Longford gas plant explosion in Victoria, drawing on the safety science and sociological research from Emeritus Professor Andrew Hopkins.
We move past proximal causes (like equipment failure) to unpack:
a) how organisations construct causes
b) manage chronic alarm fatigue
c) distort safety metrics
d) process critical operational feedback
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