What you find is not always what you fix-How other aspects than causes of accidents decide recommendations for remedial actions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2132-2139

  Lundberg, Jonas ^a   Rollenhagen, Carl ^b   Hollnagel, Erik ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

^c Mines ParisTech   (France)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; Bias; Experience feedback; Method; Remedial actions; Stop rule

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; BIAS; EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK; METHOD; REMEDIAL ACTIONS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78049392557     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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