Safety Anarchism, Safety-II and Major Accident Risk

Hopkins, Andrew

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Safety Anarchism, Safety-II and Major Accident Risk

Date

2023

Authors

Hopkins, Andrew

Publisher

The Australian National University

Abstract

The names of Dekker and Hollnagel are prominent in contemporary writing about workplace safety. This article argues that their central concepts of Safety Anarchism and Safety-II are not relevant to the management of major accident risk, and may even be dangerous.