Modern accident investigation - Four major challenges

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1392-1397

  Roed Larsen, Sverre ^a   Stoop, John ^b,c  

^a SRL SHE Consulting   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Kindunos Safety Consultancy Ltd   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accident; Commission; Disaster; Investigation; Prevention; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; COMMISSION; CRIME FIGHTING; CRIME SCENES; ETHICAL QUESTION; INVESTIGATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; PREVENTION; SWOT ANALYSIS; SYSTEM LEVELS; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRIME; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; HEALTH CARE; RISKS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EUROPE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MODERN TIMES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL CHANGE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84857795418     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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