"The gift of failure: New approaches to analyzing and learning from events and near-misses." Honoring the contributions of Bernhard Wilpert

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Carroll, John S ^a   Fahlbruch, Babette ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TÜV NORD SysTec GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event analysis; Learning from events; Safety management

Indexed keywords

EVENT ANALYSIS; LEARNING FROM EVENTS; MENTAL MODEL; MULTIPLE SYSTEMS; NEW APPROACHES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; DISASTER; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77957017347     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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