The blame machine: why human error causes accidents
by Whittingham, R. B., (Robert B.)
Understand how to improve safety by focussing on systems, not people.
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- Full title :The blame machine : why human error causes accidents / Robert B. Whittingham.
Summary
Understand how to improve safety by focussing on systems, not people.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780080472126, 0080472125, 1136359583, 9781136359583, 1280966378, 9781280966378, 9786610966370, 6610966370
- oclc:ocn123907455
- LC Classification:HV675
- Dewey Decimal:363.1/065
Table of Contents
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Understanding human error -- 1 To err is human -- 1.1 Defining human error -- 1.2 Random and systemic errors -- References -- 2 Errors in practice -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Genotypes and phenotypes -- 2.3 The skill, rule and knowledge taxonomy -- 2.4 The generic error modelling system taxonomy -- References -- 3 Latent errors and violations -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Latent and active errors -- 3.3 Violations -- References -- 4 Human reliability analysis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Measuring human reliability -- 4.3 Human reliability methods -- 4.4 Task decomposition -- 4.5 Error identification -- References -- 5 Human error modelling -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Basic probability theory -- 5.3 Error recovery -- 5.4 Error dependency -- References -- 6 Human error in event sequences -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Human reliability event trees -- 6.3 Scenario analysis -- 6.4 Overview of human error modelling -- Part II Accident case studies -- 7 Organizational and management errors -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Flixborough chemical plant disaster -- 7.3 The capsize of the Herald of Free Enterprise -- 7.4 Privatization of the rail…
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