Applying systems thinking to analyze and learn from events

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-64

  Leveson, Nancy G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident model; Causal factors; Hazard analysis; Operator error; Safety versus reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT MODELS; CAUSAL FACTORS; HAZARD ANALYSIS; OPERATOR ERROR; SAFETY VERSUS RELIABILITY;

ACCIDENTS; HAZARDS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEM THEORY;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSAL MODELING; ERROR; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77957016520     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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