Highlights from the literature on accident causation and system safety: Review of major ideas, recent contributions, and challenges

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1105-1116

  Saleh, J H ^a   Marais, K B ^b   Bakolas, E ^a   Cowlagi, R V ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident causation; Defense in depth; High reliability organizations; Normal accidents; Safety barriers; Safety value chain; System safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CAUSATION; DEFENSE IN DEPTH; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS; NORMAL ACCIDENTS; SAFETY BARRIERS; SAFETY VALUES; SYSTEM SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 77955848807     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.07.004     Document Type: Review

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