The analysis of UK railway accidents and incidents : a comparison of their causal patterns

An essential assumption for the usefulness of near miss reporting is the common cause hypothesis: the causal pathways of near misses are supposed to be similar to those of actual accidents (such as injuries and damages). The common cause hypothesis was originally proposed by Heinrich (1931) in his s...

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Main Author: Wright, Linda B.
Published: University of Strathclyde 2002
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269869