Essay Question: BLACK LUNG and SILICOSISThere has been dismay and outrage as two fatal diseases of ’black lung’ and silicosis have re-emerged. Discuss (a) the failures that have allowed for these diseases’ re-emergence using Qunlan’s ’ten pathways to death and disaster’ theory and (b) whether specific attitudes, assumptions. values and beliefs of particular stakeholders contributed to the failures. Sources-* Textbook, Promoting a Health and Safety Culture, Chapter 15 in fifth edition; Chapter 17 in sixth edition.* – Reason, J. 2000, ’Human error: Models and management’, British Medical Journal, 320(7237): 768 – 770.* – Hopkins, A. 2012, Disastrous Decision: the human and organisational causes of the Gulf of Mexico blowout, CCH: Sydney. Ch 1 and Ch 12.* – Quinlan, M, Bohle, P Lamm, F 2010, Managing occupational health and safety, 3rd edn, Palgrave Macmillan, Melbourne. Chapter 2 esp. pp.90 – 102.* – Quinlan, M. 2020, ’Five challenges to humanity: Learning from pattern/repeat failures in past disasters?’ The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 3, no. 3, pp.444 – 466.* – Hopkins, A. (2010) Mindful Leadership With References to BP Texas City. Produced by Richard Sharma.Futuremedia, 2010. 26 mins http://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/2085832.
