Classification of errors contributing to rail incidents and accidents: A comparison of two human error identification techniques

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 948-957

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; HFACS; Human error; Incidents; Rail; TRACEr

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; COGNITIVE ERRORS; DRIVER ERRORS; DRIVING ERRORS; ERROR CLASSIFICATIONS; ERROR IDENTIFICATIONS; HFACS; HUMAN ERROR; HUMAN ERROR IDENTIFICATIONS; HUMAN FACTORS; INCIDENTS; MITIGATION STRATEGIES; NEW TOOLS; PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES; TRACER; TRAIN DRIVERS; UNDERLYING FACTORS;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DRIVER TRAINING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ERRORS;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALERTNESS; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 67349287441     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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