There’s a grim familiarity to what the world is witnessing in Turkey and Syria, where powerful double earthquakes spread death and misery over such a wide area.
Safety executive for large energy contractor Quanta Services Compher leads a team to reduce its severe and fatal accidents by overhauling company practices according to “new view” safety principles. It seems to be working.
Jessie Singer, author of “There Are No Accidents” (Simon & Schuster, 336 pages), works for a nonprofit dedicated to making cities safer for pedestrians and cyclists, but her views of error and accidents go far beyond urban life and cars.