Investigating beyond the human machinery: A closer look at accident causation in high hazard industries

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-89

  Mackenzie, Cheryl ^a   Holmstrom, Don ^a  

^a US Chemical Safety Hazard Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident causation; Human error; Safety systems

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CAUSATION; BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETIES; CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARDS; FRONTLINE; HAZARD INDUSTRIES; HUMAN ERROR; MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS; SAFETY STATE; SAFETY SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENTS; ERRORS; MACHINERY; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 64149121654     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: 15475913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.10283     Document Type: Article

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