Systems-based accident analysis methods: A comparison of Accimap, HFACS, and STAMP

Paul M Salmon; M Cornelissen; M Trotter

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2011.11.009

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Systems-based accident analysis methods: A comparison of Accimap, HFACS, and STAMP

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Systems-based accident analysis methods: A comparison of Accimap, HFACS, and STAMP

Paul M Salmon, M Cornelissen and M Trotter

Safety Science, Vol.50(4), pp.1158-1170

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2011.11.009

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Abstract

accidents

accident analysis

led outdoor activities

accimap

HFACS

STAMP

UPLOADS project

Three accident causation models, each with their own associated approach to accident analysis, currentlydominate the human factors literature. Although the models are in general agreement that accidents representa complex, systems phenomenon, the subsequent analysis methods prescribed are very different.This paper presents a case study-based comparison of the three methods: Accimap, HFACS and STAMP.Each was used independently by separate analysts to analyse the recent Mangatepopo gorge tragedyin which six students and their teacher drowned while participating in a led gorge walking activity.The outputs were then compared and contrasted, revealing significant differences across the three methods.These differences are discussed in detail, and the implications for accident analysis are articulated. Inconclusion, a modified version of the Accimap method, incorporating domain specific taxonomies of failuremodes, is recommended for future accident analysis efforts.

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Title: Systems-based accident analysis methods: A comparison of Accimap, HFACS, and STAMP
Authors: Paul M Salmon (Author) - Monash University
M Cornelissen (Author) - Monash University
M Trotter (Author) - Monash University
Publication details: Safety Science, Vol.50(4), pp.1158-1170
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.11.009
ISSN: 0925-7535
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450225402621
Output Type: Journal article

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