Kletz, Trevor A.

Computer control and human error / Trevor Kletz with Paul Chung, Eamon Broomfield and Chaim Shen-Orr. - Rugby : Institution of Chemical Engineers, c1995. - viii, 120 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Some incidents that have occurred, mainly in computer-controlled process plants -- Hazard and operability (HAZOP) studies applied to computer-controlled process plants -- The reasons why computer-controlled systems fail -- Afterthoughts.

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Process control--Data processing.
Human-machine systems.
Accidents--Prevention.

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