Summary of Jessie Singer's There Are No Accidents

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

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#1

To understand accidents, we must first understand error. And to understand error, we must first understand how powerful people can use our mistakes against us. This book begins with error because questions of error almost always follow an accident.

#2

The Bad Apple Theory states that a factory is inherently safe, and that accidentprone people make it unsafe. The New View, on the other hand, states that the factory is not inherently safe and that people are getting hurt when they make mistakes.

#3

In the spring of 1931, a young man named Joseph Weitz was driving a truck for H. S. Trucking Company when he heard screams rising above the noise of the city. He pulled the truck to a stop in the middle of the street, and was arrested for the killing of sixyearold Irwin Ouser.

#4

Before cars, no one told you how or when to walk. With the arrival of the automobile, and the traffic signals and traffic laws that followed, pedestrians were not just demoted but also killed in the streets in skyrocketing numbers.

Genre: Sports & Recreation / Health & Safety (fancy, right?)