Understanding the human factors contribution to railway accidents and incidents in Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1750-1757

  Baysari, Melissa T ^a   McIntosh, Andrew S ^a   Wilson, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; HFACS; Human error; Incidents; Rail

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; DRIVER SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGNS; EQUIPMENT FAILURES; ERROR IDENTIFICATION; FUTURE WORK; HFACS; HUMAN ERROR; HUMAN FACTORS; INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE; INCIDENTS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; RAIL; RAIL HUMAN FACTORS; RAIL SAFETY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; RAILWAY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS; AUSTRALIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; RAILROADS;

EID: 49949096475     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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