The human contribution : unsafe acts, accidents and heroic recoveries /

Reason, J. T.

The human contribution : unsafe acts, accidents and heroic recoveries / by James Reason. - Aldershot : Ashgate, 2008. - 250 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

The purpose of this book is to explore the human contribution to both the reliability and resilience of complex well-defended systems. The predominant mode of treating this topic is to consider the human as a hazard, but there is another perspective, and that is the human as hero.

Specialized.

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Industrial safety.
Human behavior.
Errors.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Heroes.

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