Risky work environments : reappraising human work within fallible systems / edited by Christine Owen, Pascal Béguin & Ger Wackers.

Risky Work Environments provides new insights into the multiple and dynamic trajectories of both near misses and mistakes in complex work environments, based on actual case examples. It also studies the interactions between various activity systems or work practices (design, maintenance, incident in...

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Other Authors: Owen, Christine, Béguin, Pascal, Wackers, G. L. (Ger L.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, ©2009.
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Summary:Risky Work Environments provides new insights into the multiple and dynamic trajectories of both near misses and mistakes in complex work environments, based on actual case examples. It also studies the interactions between various activity systems or work practices (design, maintenance, incident investigation, regulation, operation) and their consequences for operational performance. The role of rules and regulations is explored, considering the consequences of deviations and the limitations of enforced compliance. Further, the book explains how to search for, think about and act on informati.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Bib. ref. & index.
ISBN:9780754676096
0754676099
9780754694113
0754694119
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.