Application of a human error framework to conduct train accident/incident investigations

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 396-406

  Reinach, Stephen ^a   Viale, Alex ^a  

^a FOSTER MILLER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; HFACS; Human error; Root cause analysis; Train accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; HFACS; HUMAN ERROR; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TRAIN ACCIDENT;

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAILWAY; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CAUSALITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RAILROADS; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31044436648     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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