Multimodal safety management and human factors : crossing the borders of medical, aviation, road, and rail industries / edited by Jose M. Anca, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anca, José M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traffic safety--Case studies.

Traffic safety.

Traffic engineering--Case studies.

Traffic engineering.

Human engineering--Case studies.

Human engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Multimodal Safety Management and Human Factors is a wide-ranging compendium of contemporary SMS and HF approaches from the aviation, road, rail and medical domains. It brings together 27 chapters from both the academic and professional worlds that focus on applications, tools and strategies in SMS and HF; a wellspring of the practical rather than the theoretical. Safety scientists, human factor industry practitioners, change management advocates, educators and students of SMS and HF will find this book extremely relevant and challenging.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; PART 1 MULTIMODAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PART 2 SAFETY MANAGEMENT METRICS, ANALYSIS AND REPORTING TOOLS; PART 3 NORMAL OPERATIONS MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE TOOLS; PART 4 THE MODALITY OF HUMAN FACTORS: EXPLORING THE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN ERROR; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-09346-1

1-315-59629-6

1-281-33224-0

9786611332242

0-7546-8593-4

9781315596297

OCLC:

317491666