Use of scenarios and function analyses to understand the impact of situation awareness on safe and effective work on rail tracks

Safety Science

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-62

  Golightly, D ^a   Ryan, B ^a   Dadashi, N ^a   Pickup, L ^a   Wilson, J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional analysis; Maintenance; Rail; Scenario analysis; Situation awareness; Trackwork

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION ANALYSIS; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; RAIL MAINTENANCE; RE-PLANNING; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SHARED UNDERSTANDING; SITUATION AWARENESS; TRACKWORK;

MAINTENANCE; RAILS;

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RAILWAY; RESPONSIBILITY; SITUATION AWARENESS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84875871796     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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