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This was cool – it explored the role of hindsight in shaping traffic accident judgements. It also constructed a hindsight / foresight diagram … Hindsight Judgment of Driver Fault in Traffic Accident Analysis: Misusing the Science of Accident Reconstruction
This new study may interest people – it explored whether working time loss and expenditure following compensable injury can be predicted by …Psychosocial Safety Climate as an organisational level determinant of working time lost and expenditure following workplace injuries and illnesses
An interesting 2018 paper from Dave Grattan, discussing the importance of human factors in barrier effectiveness. This paper covers A LOT – I’ll …Improving barrier effectiveness using human factors methods
I think it’s fair to say that Kahneman has been central in the general awareness of cognitive processing concepts, like System 1 / System 2. Dual …Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition: type 1 and type 2 preferred over system 1 and system 2
What are the links between psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes? Pretty substantial according to this 2021 meta-analysis. 72 reviews were …Psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: A meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis
I found this read a little different from recent others – it compared several accident perspectives in explaining the Titanic sinking. Note. I expect…Titanic viewed from different perspectives on major accidents
A banger from Cristia Vesel exploring how language can hinder or facilitate organisational learning following events. I put this summary off for a …Agentive Language in Accident Investigation: Why Language Matters in Learning from Events
This 2014 paper from Sid Dekker may interest you. Sid argues that accident investigations serve different purposes – epistemological, preventative, …The psychology of accident investigation: epistemological, preventive, moral and existential meaning-making
Does language, like used in investigations, affect organisational learning following events? This banger from Crista Vesel, MSc discusses the role of…Blame, guilt and punishment and the language of investigations
This was interesting – it studied 95 severe naval aviation mishaps. The incidents were evaluated using the DoD HFACS model, the applicability of …Understanding Human Error in Naval Aviation Mishaps
This was a really cool—albeit challenging—read. They explored variation in US commercial airline learning, namely whether airlines learn more from …Learning from Complexity: Effects of Prior Accidents and Incidents on Airlines’ Learning
This meta-analysis explored the links between supply chain complexity and firm performance. 102 independent samples from 123 studies were examined. …Order from chaos: A meta-analysis of supply chain complexity and firm performance
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