Simplifying safety standards: Using work domain analysis to guide regulatory restructure

Tony Carden; Natassia Goode; Paul Salmon

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105096

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Simplifying safety standards: Using work domain analysis to guide regulatory restructure

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Simplifying safety standards: Using work domain analysis to guide regulatory restructure

Tony Carden, Natassia Goode and Paul Salmon

Safety Science, Vol.138, pp.1-12

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105096

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Abstract

Work domain analysis

Regulation

Regulatory system evaluation

Safety standards

Systems thinking

This article describes a study in which a popular systems analysis method was used to inform the design of a safety standard. Specifically, Work Domain Analysis was used to analyze and reorganise the structure of a safety standard for organisations providing adventure activities in Australia. Work Domain Analysis allowed for the identification of system objects, processes, functions, measures, and purposes, revealing limitations in the capacity of the proposed structure to achieve the safety standard’s intended purposes. Limitations included a high number of compliance requirements, a confusion between mandatory and optional requirements, a lack of educational support material, and no reliable means to measure system performance. The analysis was used to design an “ideal” structure for the safety standard. Key recommendations of the ideal structure were accepted for implementation, while others were not. The potential for future applications of Work Domain Analysis for regulatory system evaluation, reform, and design are discussed.

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Title: Simplifying safety standards: Using work domain analysis to guide regulatory restructure
Authors: Tony Carden (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Natassia Goode (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Paul Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Publication details: Safety Science, Vol.138, pp.1-12
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105096
ISSN: 0925-7535
Grants: Predicting fisheries change from cumulative impacts to aquatic habitats, DE160101207, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Promoting resilience of ecosystems through connectivity, DP150102271 , Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Predicting interactive effects of multiple stressors on marine ecosystems, DP180103124 , Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99489207602621
Output Type: Journal article

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