Books by Professor Andrew Hopkins

In his books, Andrew analyses incidents including the Macondo Blowout, the BP Texas City oil refinery disaster, the Longford refinery gas explosion and the Gretley mine disaster.

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2019 Release

Organising for Safety: How structure creates culture

This book explores just how organisational structure shapes culture. It shows how decentralized organisational structures allow profit & production to take precedence over safety. purchase online.

$70*

Disastrous Decisions

Discover what disastrous decisions caused the Macondo blowout and why, in the latest of several safety books by Professor Hopkins.

$85*

Failure to Learn

Failure to Learn discusses the causes of a major explosion at the Texas City Oil Refinery on March 23, 2005.

$75*

Learning from High Reliability Organisations

An in-depth analysis into what makes a high reliability organisation.

$75*

Lessons from Gretley

Lessons from Gretley explores the 1996 Gretley Mine disaster in NSW and its OHS implications.

$75*

Lessons from Longford

Lessons from Longford outlines eleven key elements of the safety chain of the Lonford refinery gas explosion that resulted in the death of two workers and crippled Melbourne's gas supply for two weeks.

$75*

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Safety, Culture and Risk

This book discusses the concepts of safety, culture and risk which are matters of concern that are often discussed within companies, but are not often clearly understood.

$65*

Quiet Outrage

Professor Andrew Hopkins' biography

Meet Professor Andrew Hopkins: sociologist, storyteller, academic.