Injury causation in the great outdoors: a systems analysis of led outdoor activity injury incidents

Paul M Salmon; Natassia Goode; Michael G Lenne; Caroline F Finch; Erin Cassell

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2013.10.019

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Injury causation in the great outdoors: a systems analysis of led outdoor activity injury incidents

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Injury causation in the great outdoors: a systems analysis of led outdoor activity injury incidents

Paul M Salmon, Natassia Goode, Michael G Lenne, Caroline F Finch and Erin Cassell

Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.63, pp.111-120

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.10.019

PMID: 24284079

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Abstract

human factors

injury

accident causation

systems analysis

UPLOADS project

Despite calls for a systems approach to assessing and preventing injurious incidents within the led out-door activity domain, applications of systems analysis frameworks to the analysis of incident data have been sparse. This article presents an analysis of 1014 led outdoor activity injury and near miss incidentswhereby a systems-based risk management framework was used to classify the contributing factorsinvolved across six levels of the led outdoor activity 'system'. The analysis identified causal factors acrossall levels of the led outdoor activity system, demonstrating the framework's utility for accident analysisefforts in the led outdoor activity injury domain. In addition, issues associated with the current datacollection framework that potentially limited the identification of contributing factors outside of theindividuals, equipment, and environment involved were identified. In closing, the requirement for newand improved data systems to be underpinned by the systems philosophy and new models of led outdooractivity accident causation is discussed.

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Title: Injury causation in the great outdoors: a systems analysis of led outdoor activity injury incidents
Authors: Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Natassia Goode (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Michael G Lenne (Author) - Monash University
Caroline F Finch (Author) - University of Ballarat
Erin Cassell (Author) - Monash University
Publication details: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.63, pp.111-120
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.10.019
ISSN: 0001-4575
PMID: 24284079
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448986202621
Output Type: Journal article

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