A longitudinal analysis of the causal factors in major maritime accidents in the USA and Canada (1996-2006)

The Safety of Systems - Proceedings of the 15th Safety-Critical Systems Symposium, SSS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 85-104

  Johnson, C W ^a   Holloway, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS; EQUIPMENT FAILURES; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARITIME ACCIDENTS; MARITIME OPERATION; NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARDS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARDS;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 67649743665     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-806-7_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. M. Ayeko, Integrated Safety Investigation Methodology (ISIM) - Investigation for Risk Mitigation. In C.W. Johnson (ed.) Proceedings of the First Workshop on the Investigation and Reporting of Incidents and Accidents, 115-126, Glasgow University Press, Scotland, 2002.
2. C. M. Holloway and C. W. Johnson, On the Prevalence of Organizational Factors in Recent U.S. Transportation Accidents. In Proceedings of the 23rd International System Safety Conference, 22-26 August 2005, San Diego, California, International Systems Safety Society, Unionville, VA, USA, 2005.
3. C. M. Holloway and C. W. Johnson, Why System Safety Professionals Should Read Accident Reports. In T. Kelly (ed.) The First IET International Conference on System Safety, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, London, pages 325-331, ISBN 0-86341-646-2, 2006.
4. C. W. Johnson and C. M. Holloway, 'Systemic Failures' and 'Human Error' in Canadian TSB Aviation Accident Reports between 1996 and 2002, In A. Pritchett and A. Jackson (eds.) HCl in Aerospace 2004, EURISCO, Toulouse, France, pages 25-32, 2004.
5. C.W. Johnson and C.M. Holloway, A Longitudinal Analysis of the Causal Factors in US Aviation Accidents, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland. In press, contact the authors for preprints.
6. C.W. Johnson, The Failure of Safety-Critical Systems: A Handbook of Accident and Incident Reporting, Glasgow University Press, Glasgow, 2003.
7. UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Bridge Watch Keeping Safety Study, Safety Study 1/2004, UK MAIB, Southampton, United Kingdom. Available on: http://www.maib.dft.gov.uk/cms-resources/dft-masafety-030084.pdf
8. J. Reason, Managing the Risks of Organisational Accidents, Ashgate, Aldershot, 1997.