Incorporating human dependent failures in risk assessments to improve estimates of actual risk

Safety Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 177-194

  Hollywell, Paul D ^a  

^a EWI Engineers and Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PERSONNEL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY;

EVENT TREE ANALYSIS; HUMAN DEPENDENT FAILURES; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE HUMAN ACTIONS; TASK ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION THEORY; ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030087516     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-7535(96)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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