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The blame machine / Robert B Whittingham

Public ISBD Titre : The blame machine : why human error causes accidents Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Robert B Whittingham, Auteur Editeur : Amsterdam : Elsevier Année de publication : 2003 Collection : Industrial health and safety Importance : XIV-271 p. Présentation : ill. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-7506-5510-1 Note générale : Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Accidents Accidents  --  Prévention  Accidents  --  Risques  Prévention Human  engineering Index. décimale : 614.8 Accidents. Risques. Prévention des accidents. Protection personnelle. Sécurité Résumé : The Blame Machine describes how disasters and serious accidents result from recurring, but potentially avoidable, human errors. It shows how such errors are preventable because they result from defective systems within a company. From real incidents, you will be able to identify common causes of human error and typical system deficiencies that have led to these errors. On a larger scale, you will be able to see where, in the organisational or management systems, failure occurred so that you can avoid them. The book also describes the existence of a 'blame culture' in many organisations, which focuses on individual human error whilst ignoring the system failures that caused it. The book shows how this 'blame culture' has, in the case of a number of past accidents, dominated the accident enquiry process hampering a proper investigation of the underlying causes. Suggestions are made about how progress can be made to develop a more open culture in organisations, both through better understanding of human error by managers and through increased public awareness of the issues. The book brings together documentary evidence from recent major incidents from all around the world and within the Rail, Water, Aviation, Shipping, Chemical and Nuclear industries. Note de contenu : contents: * Understanding human error. - To err is human. - Errors in practice. - Latent errors and violations. ... * Accident case studies. - Organizational and management errors. - Design errors. - Maintenance errors. ... The blame machine : why human error causes accidents [texte imprimé] / Robert B Whittingham, Auteur . - Elsevier, 2003 . - XIV-271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Industrial health and safety) . ISBN : 978-0-7506-5510-1 Index Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Accidents Accidents  --  Prévention  Accidents  --  Risques  Prévention Human  engineering Index. décimale : 614.8 Accidents. Risques. Prévention des accidents. Protection personnelle. Sécurité Résumé : The Blame Machine describes how disasters and serious accidents result from recurring, but potentially avoidable, human errors. It shows how such errors are preventable because they result from defective systems within a company. From real incidents, you will be able to identify common causes of human error and typical system deficiencies that have led to these errors. On a larger scale, you will be able to see where, in the organisational or management systems, failure occurred so that you can avoid them. The book also describes the existence of a 'blame culture' in many organisations, which focuses on individual human error whilst ignoring the system failures that caused it. The book shows how this 'blame culture' has, in the case of a number of past accidents, dominated the accident enquiry process hampering a proper investigation of the underlying causes. Suggestions are made about how progress can be made to develop a more open culture in organisations, both through better understanding of human error by managers and through increased public awareness of the issues. The book brings together documentary evidence from recent major incidents from all around the world and within the Rail, Water, Aviation, Shipping, Chemical and Nuclear industries. Note de contenu : contents: * Understanding human error. - To err is human. - Errors in practice. - Latent errors and violations. ... * Accident case studies. - Organizational and management errors. - Design errors. - Maintenance errors. ...

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049733	614.8 WHI	Papier	Bibliothèque Centrale	Génie de l'Environnement	Disponible	En bon état