An analysis of the content of questions and responses in incident investigations: Self reports in the investigation of signals passed at danger (SPADs)

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 372-381

  Ryan, Brendan ^a   Hutchings, Jessica ^b   Lowe, Emma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Transnet Freight Rail   (South Africa)

^c NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; Interviewing; Rail; Self report

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; INCIDENT INVESTIGATION; INDUSTRIAL INCIDENTS; INVESTIGATION PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTION TYPE; RAIL INDUSTRY; SELF-REPORT; SIGNALS PASSED AT DANGERS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; SELF REPORT; WITNESS;

EID: 75149114514     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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