Towards an evaluation of accident investigation methods in terms of their alignment with accident causation models

Katsakiori, Paraskevi; Sakellaropoulos, George; Manatakis, Emmanuel

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2008.11.002

Cited by 200 publications

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“…Various detailed methods have been developed for the analysis of accidents, but they are used primarily in relation to the major accidents (Sklet, 2004), (Katsakiori, et al, 2009). The norm is that an investigation team is established to investigate a major accident and every observation, statement and evidence is written down for in-depth analyses.…”

Section: Accident Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevention of “simple accidents at work” with major consequences

Jørgensen¹

2016

Safety Science

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The concept "simple accidents" is understood as traumatic events with no more than one victim. In the last 10 years many European countries have seen a decline in the number of fatalities, but there still remain many severe accidents at work. In the years 2009-2010 in European countries 2.0-2.4 million occupational accidents a year were notified leading to 4500 fatalities and 90,000 permanent disabilities each yearThe article looks at the concept "accident" to find similarities and distinctions between major and simple accident characteristics. The purpose is to find to what extent the same kinds of prevention or safety methodologies and procedures established for major accidents are applicable to simple accidents.The article goes back to basics about accidents causes, to review the nature of successful prevention techniques and to analyze what have been constraints to getting this knowledge used more broadly. This review identifies gaps in the prevention of simple accidents, relating to safety barriers for risk control and the management processes that need to be in place to deliver those risk controls in a continuingly effective state.The article introduces the "INFO cards" as a tool for the systematic observation of hazard sources in order to ascertain whether safety barriers and management deliveries are present. Safety management and safety culture, together with the knowledge included in the INFO cards are important factors in the prevention process. The conclusion is that we must look at safety as a part of being a professional in all kinds of jobs and occupations as well as at management level.

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Section: Accident Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevention of “simple accidents at work” with major consequences

Jørgensen¹

2016

Safety Science

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“…The Swiss Cheese model (Reason, 1997) and Fault Tree Analysis (Watson, 1961) were also included as they are examples of traditional techniques commonly mentioned in the scientific literature (e.g. Katsakiori et al, 2009;Qureshi, 2007;Sklet, 2004).…”

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Systemic accident analysis: Examining the gap between research and practice

Underwood

Waterson

2013

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Among the causes of traffic accidents are unsafe transportation routes, people's inappropriate culture of vehicle use, deviation to the left side of the road, lack of observation of priority of passing, insufficient attention to the front, low safety index of vehicles, lack of concentration in driving, etc. [11]. The superficial problems like unsafe acts considered in Tripod Beta do not occur separately, they are rather affected by a series of external factors or preconditions, originating themselves from a series of latent problems.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The latent problems are abnormal conditions creating the preconditions and leading to superficial problems. The latent problems which have the potential for creating events may be hidden for long periods of time and display themselves only under the conditions of the creation of normal suitable conditions such as combination with some preventive factors, superficial problems, technical errors, or the unusual states of the system [11,12]. In any system there must be a proper management to control the risks.…”

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confidence: 99%