• DocumentCode
    26978
  • Title

    Safety Risks--Human Error or Mechanical Failure?: Lessons from Railways

  • Author

    Lesk, Michael

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Mar.-Apr. 2015
  • Firstpage
    99
  • Lastpage
    102
  • Abstract
    Before World War I, commentators writing about transportation accidents tended to blame the workmen and demand punishment after accidents. After that time, the emphasis switched to mechanical failure, the old ideal of the "perfectibility of man" having gone with the war. Today, we need to look at both human and mechanical failure.
  • Keywords
    accident prevention; failure (mechanical); railway accidents; railway safety; human error; human failure; man perfectibility; mechanical failure; railways; safety risks; transportation accidents; Accidents; Economics; Failure analysis; Mechanical systems; Rail transportation; Safety; Security; Three Mile Island; accident; human error; mechanical failure; railroad; railway; security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2015.39
  • Filename
    7085953
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=26978