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Document ID (ISN)60628
CIS number 93-1187
ISBN(s) 0-7506-1178-2
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
Author(s) van der Schaaf T.W., Lucas D.A., Hale A.R.
Title Near miss reporting as a safety tool
Bibliographic information Butterworth-Heinemann, Lineacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, United Kingdom, Oct. 1991. 151p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Price: GBP 30.00.
Abstract Proceedings of a three-day meeting at Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Sept. 1989, on the theme "registration and analysis of near misses". The contributions are organised under three headings: technical section (a commentary on accident and incident reporting systems; a framework for designing near miss management systems; understanding, reporting and preventing human fixation errors); case studies in the process industry (near miss reporting pitfalls for nuclear plants; development of a near miss management system at a chemical process plant; IDA, an interactive programme for the collection and processing of accident data); case studies in transportation (near miss reporting from a railway perspective; video analysis of road user behaviour at intersections; use of traffic conflicts for near miss reporting).
Descriptors (primary) dangerous occurrences; notification of occupational accidents; occupational safety
Descriptors (secondary) analysis of accident causes; chemical industry; conference; nuclear power stations; transport industry; Netherlands
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceNetherlands
Subject(s) Statistics
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Notification of accidents and diseases
Reporting of occupational accidents