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Risky Work Environments - Reappraising Human Work Within Fallible Systems (Paperback)
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Risky Work Environments - Reappraising Human Work Within Fallible Systems (Paperback)
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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 information about vulnerability, near misses and
mistakes in a way that emphasizes accountability in ways that are
not punitive but instead responsible, innovative and provide
opportunities for learning. Writing from different disciplines and
theoretical perspectives, the contributors analyse working in risky
environments which include air traffic control, offshore mining,
chemical plants, neo-natal intensive care units, ship piloting and
emergency call dispatch centres. In each chapter the authors
present rich empirical data and their analyses illustrate a variety
of ways in which, despite imperfect systems, safety and resilience
is created in human action. In the chapters where the focus is on
error or mistakes, the analysis undertaken reveals the logic of
actions undertaken at the time as well as their constraints. The
contributors are all active researchers within their disciplines
and come from Australia, Finland, France, Norway and the
Netherlands. The book will be of direct interest to safety
scientists, researchers and scientists, as well as human factors
practitioners working in complex technological systems.
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