Accidents are preventable, but only if they are correctly described and understood. Since the mid-1980s accidents have come to be seen as the consequence of com

The Principle of Efficiency-Thoroughness Trade-Off

Accident investigation and risk assessment have for decades focused on the human factor, particularly ‘human error’. This bias towards performance failures

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This new edition comes after about 15 years of development in the field of safety science and practice. The book addresses the question of how to improve risk a