Carolina QuotesThe essence of the normal accident [is] the interaction of multiple failures that are not in a direct operational sequence.
Charles Perrow Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 23
- work
- Normal Accidents, 1984
- year
- 1984
- locator
- p. 23
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