Human-factors antecedents in California amusement ride accident investigations

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1875-1879

  Woodcock, Kathryn ^a   Diyaljee, Zahrah ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ERGONOMICS;

'CURRENT; ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; AMUSEMENT RIDES; CALIFORNIA; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DESIGN FEATURES; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HUMAN ERRORS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; MODIFIED INTERFACES;

ERRORS;

EID: 79953096084     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193121005402110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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