下载后可任意编辑1 Why Do We Need Safety Engineering?我们为什么需要安全工程? It is difficult to open a newspaper or turn on the television and not be reminded how dangerous our world is. Both large-scale natural and man-made disasters seem to occur on an almost daily basis. 只要打开报纸或电视，很难不让我们想到（无不在告诉）我们这个世界是多么危险。 大规模的自然灾害和人为灾害几乎每天都在发生. An accident at a plant in Bhopal, India, killed over 2,500 people. 印度博帕尔市的一家工厂发生的事故造成了 2500 多人死亡 A nuclear power plant in the Ukraine exploded and burned out of control, sending a radioactive cloud to over 20 countries, severely affecting its immediate neighbors’ livestock and farming. 乌克兰的一座核电站爆炸，并引发了火灾，形成的放射云覆盖了 20 多个国家严重影响了邻国的畜牧业和农业。 Keeping safety is responsibility of safety engineers. Are you ready to struggle for human safety and happiness in your whole life? 做好安全工作是安全工程师的责任，你准备好了为了人类的安全和幸福而奋斗终生吗？ A total of 6.7 million injuries and illnesses in the United States were reported by private industry in 1993. 1993 年美国的私有企业报告的工伤和疾病总数达到六百七十万例。 Two commuter trains in metropolitan Washington, DC, collided in 1996, killing numerous passengers. 在首都华盛顿，两列市郊火车相撞，导致许多乘客死亡。 Large oil tankers ran aground in Alaska and Mexico, spilling millions of gallons of oil and despoiling the coastline. 大型油轮在阿拉斯加和墨西哥湾的海域搁浅，数百万加仑的原油泄漏，严重污染了海岸线。 An automobile air-bag manufacturing plant exploded, killing one worker, after it had had over 21 fire emergencies in one year. 一家汽车安全气囊制造厂发生爆炸，造成一名工人死亡。而在此前，该工厂已经在一年中发生了超过 21 起的火灾。 Swarms of helicopters with television cam...
