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Industrial Accidents
“What a waste of time. I’ve got enough going on.” Rob was burning as he
drove the veteran plant manager, Holden, through the gate and out onto the
smelter road.
After the HTF re investigation, the plant manager had said, “Rob, I’d
like you to take a couple of days offsite. There’s a course on Plant Hazard
Analysis that I want you to attend. You’re booked on it. It’s at 10 a.m. next
Monday at the Novatel in Auckland. Be there.”
That was all she wrote.
As usual, the drive along the empty straightaway was soothing. “What
could be gleaned from the mistakes made by other people in other indus-
tries? What would they know abo