Human and organizational error data challenges in complex, large-scale systems

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1185-1194

  Grabowski, Martha ^a,b   You, Zhuyu ^b   Zhou, Zhi ^b   Song, Huawei ^b   Steward, Michael ^c   Steward, Brittany ^c  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Human error; Human reliability analyses; Maritime accident; Maritime risk assessment; Organizational error

Indexed keywords

DATABASES; HUMAN ERROR; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSES; MARITIME ACCIDENT; MARITIME RISK ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL ERROR;

ACCIDENTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; ERROR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VESSEL;

EID: 67349210684     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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