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Actors at Large‐Scale Accidents: Lessons from the Bravo and Three Mile Island Accidents
Author(s) -
Fischer David W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1980.tb00252.x
Subject(s) - mile , framing (construction) , accident (philosophy) , operations management , last mile (transportation) , political science , engineering , transport engineering , business , geography , forensic engineering , aeronautics , civil engineering , philosophy , geodesy , epistemology
This paper explores organizational issues raised via a comparison of the Bravo oil blowout in the North Sea and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania. The organizations involved, their interconnections and interests in each accident are compared. Six actor types are used as a classification system for framing the comparison. The underlying issues bearing on allocation of effort to pre‐accident planning are also noted. Finally, a framework from this effort is used for guiding the planning of operations for future accidents.