Identification of Critical Causal Factors and Paths of Tower-Crane Accidents in China through System Thinking and Complex Networks

Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Nannan Xue ◽  
Jianrong Zhang ◽  
Xiao Zhang
Author(s):  
Reuven Cohen ◽  
Shlomo Havlin
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2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Munene

Abstract. The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) methodology was applied to accident reports from three African countries: Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. In all, 55 of 72 finalized reports for accidents occurring between 2000 and 2014 were analyzed. In most of the accidents, one or more human factors contributed to the accident. Skill-based errors (56.4%), the physical environment (36.4%), and violations (20%) were the most common causal factors in the accidents. Decision errors comprised 18.2%, while perceptual errors and crew resource management accounted for 10.9%. The results were consistent with previous industry observations: Over 70% of aviation accidents have human factor causes. Adverse weather was seen to be a common secondary casual factor. Changes in flight training and risk management methods may alleviate the high number of accidents in Africa.


2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine N. Nguyen ◽  
Kendal C. Boyd

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