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The blame machine : why human error causes accidents /

Understand how to improve safety by focussing on systems, not people.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whittingham, R. B. (Robert B.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 railways
  • References
  • 8 Design errors
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 The fire and explosion at BP Grangemouth
  • 8.3 The sinking of the ferry 'Estonia'
  • 8.4 The Abbeystead explosion
  • References
  • 9 Maintenance errors
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Engine failure on the Royal Flight
  • 9.3 The railway accident at Hatfield
  • 9.4 The railway accident at Potters Bar
  • References
  • 10 Active errors in railway operations
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Signals passed at danger
  • 10.3 The train accident at Purley
  • 10.4 The driver's automatic warning system
  • 10.5 The Southall and Ladbroke Grove rail accidents
  • 10.6 Human error analysis of signals passed at danger
  • 10.7 Driver protection against SPADs
  • References
  • 11 Active errors in aviation
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 The loss of flight KAL007
  • 11.3 The Kegworth accident
  • References
  • 12 Violations
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 The Chernobyl accident
  • 12.3 The Airbus A320 crash at Mulhouse
  • References
  • 13 Incident response errors
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Fire on Swissair flight SR111
  • 13.3 The Channel Tunnel fire
  • References
  • 14 Conclusions
  • 14.1 Human error and blame
  • 14.2 Understanding human error
  • 14.3 Human error in industry
  • References
  • Appendix: Train protection systems
  • A.1 Introduction
  • A.2 Protection against train collisions
  • A.2.1 The time interval system
  • A.2.2 The block system
  • A.2.3 Multi-aspect signals
  • A.2.4 The automatic warning system
  • A.2.5 Train protection and warning system
  • A.2.6 Automatic train protection
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N.