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'Lessons From Longford - The Esso Gas Plant Explosion' by Andrew Hopkins ‘Lessons From Longford - The Esso Gas Plant Explosion' - by Andrew Hopkins   Andrew Hopkins identifies and discusses the issues that led to the explosion at Esso’s Longford gas plant in 1998, which killed two workers and left Victorians without gas for two weeks. This book is brief, highly readable and upon reading the book, it would rather sad tragedy if an event as catastrophic as this repeated itself. Hopkins insightfully traces the disaster’s causes to cultural and systemic problems within Esso, rather than looking to shift responsibility to its operators (as Esso did). Hopkins focuses on Esso’s attitude to its safety system, compliance and the variable that led to the incident and how it could have been avoided. This analysis and Hopkins’ practical suggestions for how to remedy problems make the book well worth its cover price.