The author describes the history of industrial safety and the emergence of process safety as an engineering discipline in the 20th century. The book sheds light on the difference between: employers and workers.

Dr. Pol Hoorelbeke has been with Total for 13 years and is Vice President Safety Division for Total Refining & Chemicals since 2012. He has been working in the field of industrial safety for more than 25 years and has given several lectures all over the world (USA, China, Europe, Middle East) over the past 10 years as part of his doctoral research. He holds a master degree in Engineering and Safety and a doctoral degree in Applied Science.