Eight Down by David Reid

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Eight Down by David Reid

Eight Down reviews eight maritime casualties over forty-two years beginning with the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior in 1975 to the Stellar Daisy in 2017. As a former seafarer and member of the maritime profession for the past fifty years, all of the Eight have taken place during my watch. I have found resonance with my own experiences, that has sparked my curiosity. I explore the connective threads that will illustrate how these events are the consequence of what Professor James Reason has called the Swiss Cheese Model. I know from my own experience that there were many instances when I might have been but one step away from being a maritime casualty - is it luck? Or is it the awareness or raised consciousness of someone who acts before that last step occurs? I hope to provide insight into the management of change as it relates to safety and the avoidance of traveling through the final hole in a Swiss Cheese.
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ISBN 13 9781097125869
ISBN 10 1097125866
Title Eight Down
Author David Reid
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Independently Published
Year published 2019-05-11
Number of pages 278
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