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100 1  Singer, Jessie,|eauthor. 
245 10 There are no accidents :|bthe deadly rise of injury and 
       disaster--who profits and who pays the price /|cJessie 
       Singer. 
250    First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|c2022. 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    ix, 336 pages ;|c24 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Introduction. Not an accident - Error -- Conditions -- 
       Scale -- Risk -- Stigma -- Racism - Money -- Blame -- 
       Prevention -- Accountability -- Conclusion. Accident. 
520    "A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents
       and reveals how they've come to define all that's wrong 
       with America. We hear it all the time: "Sorry, it was just
       an accident." And we've been deeply conditioned to just 
       accept that explanation and move on. But as Jessie Singer 
       argues convincingly: There are no such things as 
       accidents. The vast majority of mishaps are not random but
       predictable and preventable. Singer uncovers just how the 
       term "accident" itself protects those in power and leaves 
       the most vulnerable in harm's way, preventing 
       investigations, pushing off debts, blaming the victims, 
       diluting anger, and even sparking empathy for the 
       perpetrators. As the rate of accidental death skyrockets 
       in America, the poor and people of color end up bearing 
       the brunt of the violence and blame, while the powerful 
       use the excuse of the "accident" to avoid consequences for
       their actions. Born of the death of her best friend, and 
       the killer who insisted it was an accident, this book is a
       moving investigation of the sort of tragedies that are all
       too common, and all too commonly ignored. In this 
       revelatory book, Singer tracks accidental death in America
       from turn of the century factories and coal mines to 
       today's urban highways, rural hospitals, and Superfund 
       sites. Drawing connections between traffic accidents, 
       accidental opioid overdoses, and accidental oil spills, 
       Singer proves that what we call accidents are hardly 
       random. Rather, who lives and dies by an accident in 
       America is defined by money and power. She also presents a
       variety of actions we can take as individuals and as a 
       society to stem the tide of "accidents"--saving lives and 
       holding the guilty to account."--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Accidents. 
650  0 Accident investigation. 
650  0 Accident victims. 
650  0 Wrongful death. 
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