6 Risk and management, safety by organisation
1960‒1990
The 1970s and 1980s were the heyday of safety science for the high-tech-high-hazard industry. The trend was amplified by frequent major accidents, which attracted a lot of media attention and gave rise to various models and theories concerning safety. The concept of ‘risk’ gained acceptance, but there was a clear countermovement. Slowly the optimism regarding technology bringing salvation to humankind from the pre-war period and the 1950s changed into the general view that technology can fail with terrible consequences. This notion led to various safety techniques in the 1960s and became prominent starting in the 1970s. In this chapter we will discuss only ...
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