A methodology for identifying human error in U.S. Navy diving accidents

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-226

  O'Connor, Paul ^a   O'Dea, Angela ^b   Melton, John ^c  

^a Navy and Marine Corps School of Aviation Safety   (United States)

^b Klein Associates   (United States)

^c Naval Service Training Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TAXONOMIES;

CONSENSUAL QUALITATIVE RESEARCH (CQR); HUMAN ERRORS; NAVY DIVING ACCIDENTS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; DIVER; DIVING; ERROR; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAVY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CAUSALITY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DROWNING; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAVAL MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947619507     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X312450     Document Type: Article

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