Trevor A. Kletz is widely recognized as an outstanding communicator on safety in the process industries. His work includes studies of human error, accident case histories and investigations, hazards of modifications, and hazards of computer control.

What Went Wrong? Case Studies of Process
Plant Disasters, 4th Edition

Trevor A. Kletz

The purpose here is to show what has gone wrong in the past and to suggest how similar incidents might be prevented in the future. The incidents described could occur in many different types of plants and therefore are of widespread interest. Learn from the mistakes of others.

Format: Hardbound Book – 1998 ISBN: 0884159205 Length: 408 pages; Weight 2 lbs. Member: $78.95; List: $78.95 www.isa.org/wentwrong

“If something looks odd, say so” was just one tip from Trevor Kletz, a veteran plant safety expert with a long list of credentials and honors from his England homeland. “You may embarrass someone, but it’s better to do that than to let the plant blow up.”

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Still Going Wrong! Case Histories of Process Plant Disasters and How They Could Have Been Avoided Trevor A. Kletz This book follows the revolutionary What Went Wrong?, but focuses on innovations and strategies that Kletz and others have pioneered. It includes how many accidents occur through simple miscommunication and how changing procedures, rather than design, can make a plant safer.

Format: Hardbound Book – 2003 ISBN: 0750677090 Length: 250 pages; Weight 2 lbs. Member: $59.95; List: $59.95 www.isa.org/stillwrong

An Engineer’s View of Human Error, 3rd Edition Trevor A. Kletz This third edition includes more examples of accidents caused by the various types of human error. It suggests to engineers how they might approach this problem, and does so by describing accidents, which at first sight seem to be the result of human error.

Format: Hardbound Book – 2001 ISBN: 852954301 Length: 281 pages; Weight 2 lbs. Member: $67.00; List: $67.00 www.isa.org/engineerview

 

Computer Control & Human Error Trevor A. Kletz The author examines some of the unforeseen incidents that have occurred in computer-controlled process plants, and suggests how such incidents can be made less likely in the future. The text examines how Hazop studies can be used to detect hazards in computer-controlled systems and how software errors arise. Some incidents which have occurred in computer-controlled plants are described, and find out how to stop such things happening again.

Format: Hardbound Book – 1995 ISBN: 0884152693 Length: 132 pages; Weight 2 lbs. Member: $69.95; List: $69.95 www.isa.org/humanerror

Dispelling Chemical Engineering Myths Trevor A. Kletz Trevor Kletz sheds light on nearly 100 statements of doubtful accuracy that are widely accepted among chemical engineers. The myths address technology, management, toxicology and the environment. Included in each myth is a description of why it is wrong.

Format: Hardbound Book – 1996 ISBN: 1560324384 Length: 244 pages; Weight 2 lbs. Member: $89.00; List: $89.00 www.isa.org/dispelling