Table of Contents
1. Too young to die, 2. Flixborough, Limberg and Enschede, 3. Deadly fires, 4. More conflagrations, 5. Gas explosions, 6. Ignorance is not blissful, 7. Seveso and other environmental calamities, 8. Unwelcome off-site consequences, 9. High explosives, 10. Maritime disasters, 11. Marine pollution, 12. Offshore catastrophes, 13. Aviation accidents, 14. Catastrophes in space, 15. Nuclear disasters, 16. Trouble in store, 17. Buncefield oil storage depot, 18. The price of coal, 19. Railways, 20. Crowd crushes, 21. Stadium tragedies, 22. The human factor, 23. Safety culture under strain, 24. Structural collapses, 25. Floods, 26. Silent killers at work, 27. Public health, 28. Animal catastrophes, 29. Bhopal, 30. Reducing hazards and risks, 31. The politics of disaster, 32. Establishing a culture of safety