Operator error and system deficiencies: Analysis of 508 mining incidents and accidents from Queensland, Australia using HFACS

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1379-1385

  Patterson, Jessica M ^a   Shappell, Scott A ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; Human error; Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS); Mining

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; DECISION ERRORS; HUMAN ERRORS; HUMAN FACTORS; INJURY RATE; MINE SAFETY; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; OPERATOR ERROR; QUEENSLAND; TIME PERIODS;

ACCIDENTS; ERRORS; MINING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CAUSALITY; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MINING; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955310409     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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