Failure To Learn: The BP Texas City Refinery Disaster

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Andrew Hopkins’ Failure to Learn: The BP Texas City Refinery Disaster dissects the 2005 explosion that killed 15 workers and injured scores more, turning a forensic lens on corporate culture and process-safety shortfalls. This 2013 CCH paperback textbook remains the go-to case study for safety professionals, engineers, and risk-management students who need a real-world roadmap for preventing catastrophic failure.

Hopkins blends investigative rigor with plain-language storytelling, showing how missed warnings, cost pressures, and flawed reporting systems aligned to create tragedy. Readers come away with practical lessons on safety leadership, organizational learning, and the human factors that textbooks rarely capture in one volume.

The 318 g copy offered here is in very good condition—crisp, unmarked pages from a smoke-free home—ready for classroom, reference shelf, or workplace training program. No inscriptions or remainder marks; just a clean, reader-ready guide to one of the most pivotal industrial disasters of our time.