A sequential method to identify underlying causes from industrial accidents reported to the MARS database

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-203

  Jacobsson, Anders ^a,b   Sales, Jaime ^c   Mushtaq, Fesil ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Causation analysis; Learning lessons; Major accidents; MARS; Underlying causes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DISASTERS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; CAUSATION ANALYSIS; LEARNING LESSONS; MAJOR ACCIDENTS; MARS; UNDERLYING CAUSES;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 61349181865     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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