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Old 24th Jan 2012, 21:55
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HFACS | Wiegmann and Shappell Publications

This is pretty much the industry standard technique at the moment, and marries really well with Swiss Cheese / Accident Chain explanations. Used properly it should help identify all of the causal factors, not just put it in a convenient box (which as alf rightly says, does sometimes happen, and is inappropriate).

I have a colleague slightly at a loose end before he starts a new job as a university lecturer, who used the Wiefmann and Shappell model extensively on his PhD thesis into air accident causality. I imagine he'd be delighted to sell you a couple of days of his time and run a training course for you in-house. Drop me a PM if you wish and I'll give you his contact details.

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