Western Europe and Nordic countriesSome major industrial accidents in the 1960s and 1970sFeyzin, 1966Aberfan, 1966Flixborough, 1974Seveso, 1976Los Alfaques, 1978Impact of these major industrial accidentsThe nuclear sectorLoss preventionCanvey Island studyInherent safe designThe disaster incubation theoryMan‒machine interactionsSeveso ISome major industrial accidents in the 1980sChernobyl, 1986Piper Alpha, 1988Clapham Junction, 1988North America, India, and the former USSRManagement oversight and risk treeSome major industrial accidents in the 1970s and 1980sThree Mile Island, 1979Mexico City, 1984Bhopal, 1984Impact of these major industrial accidentsRisk approach and risk perceptionNormal accidentsMan‒machine interactions, THERP and high reliability theorySafety managementThe NetherlandsSome major industrial accidents in the 1960s and 1970sShell Pernis, 1968DSM Beek, 1975NAM Schoonebeek, 1976Impact of these major industrial accidentsImpact of vapour gas explosionsFighting blowoutsLoss preventionOrigin of the Dutch risk conceptCOVO study, LPG studyColoured booksBroad societal discussionResearch on risk perceptionThe Shell casusUniversity training and research in safety