HFACS with an additional layer of granularity: Validity and utility in accident analysis

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-606

  O'Connor, Paul ^a  

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

Author keywords

Accident investigation; DOD HFACS; Human error

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBSERVER VARIATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 44449176713     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2228.2008     Document Type: Article

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