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What causes accidents?
journal contribution
posted on 2009-12-23, 17:23 authored by Alistair G.F. Gibb, Roger Haslam, Diane E. Gyi, Sophie Hide, Roy DuffThis paper describes aspects of the findings of a three-year
research project, Construction Accident Causality, funded by
the UK Health and Safety Executive. The project developed
a causality model, through a combination of focus groups
and detailed study of 100 construction accidents, using an
ergonomics systems approach, to identify where safety
is compromised and why. It concludes that stakeholders
responsible for the immediate accident circumstances, shaping
factors and originating influences must all work hard to remove
flaws in their safety systems to ensure that accidents are reduced.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
GIBB, A.G.F. ... et al, 2006. What causes accidents? Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, 159 (6), pp. 46–50 (Paper 14277).Publisher
Institution of Civil Engineers / Thomas TelfordVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2006Notes
This article was published in the journal, Proceedings of ICE, Civil Engineering [© Institution of Civil Engineers / Thomas Telford] and the definitive version is available at: http://www.thomastelford.com/journals/ISSN
0965-089X;1751-7672Language
- en