Highlights from the literature on accident causation and system safety: Review of major ideas, recent contributions, and challenges

J.H. Saleh, K.B. Marais, E. Bakolas and R.V. Cowlagi

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2010, vol. 95, issue 11, 1105-1116

Abstract: This work constitutes a short guide to the extensive but fragmented literature on accident causation and system safety.

Keywords: Accident causation; System safety; Safety value chain; Defense-in-depth; Normal accidents; High reliability organizations; Safety barriers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.07.004

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