Trevor Kletz

Trevor Asher Kletz (23 October 1922 – 31 October 2013) was a British author and chemical engineer renowned for pioneering the field of process safety and introducing the concept of inherent safety[1][2]. He authored 11 books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles on loss prevention, with classics like What Went Wrong? and Learning from Accidents shaping how industries design and operate facilities to prevent catastrophic accidents[1][3].