The evaluation of common contemporary occupational accident models using two accident investigations

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to compare three contemporary accident causation models, namely the Swiss Cheese, HFACS, and Fu (2018) Model-based on two accidents existing in the literature. The accidents reviewed are a mine explosion accident and an electrical plant accident. In this way, the validity of the models can be evaluated and weaknesses and strengths revealed. This study discussed the advantages and possible limitations of these models, and according to this discussion, all these models include human and organizational factors and have been found scientific and systematic. According to the results, Fu (2018) and HFACS are more modern, since they were developed based on Swiss Cheese. The product of this research will be a recommendation for safety investigators and accident inspectors which way to turn when choosing the most applicable accident analysis method

Keywords: {'name': 'Occupational Accidents'}, {'name': 'Accident causation models'}, {'name': 'Human and organizational factors'}

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Zeynep Sagir
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Ertugrul Tacgin
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