HUMAN ERROR PERSPECTIVES IN AVIATION

This article provides safety practitioners with a general overview of the prominent human error perspectives in aviation accident literature. There are primarily five different perspectives: cognitive, ergonomics and systems design, aeromedical, psychosocial, and organizational. Examples and a critique of the relative strengths and weaknesses of each perspective are presented. The article also gives a set of objective criteria, including reliability, comprehensiveness, diagnosticity, usability and validity, for evaluating error frameworks. This overview may help practitioners in choosing which error analysis and prevention approach to use within their organizations when developing error management programs.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/21653673
• Corporate Authors:

  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated

  10 Industrial Avenue
  Mahwah, NJ  United States  07430-2262
• Authors:
  • Wiegmann, D A
  • Shappell, S A
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 341-357
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Aviation Psychology
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1050-8414
  • EISSN: 1532-7108
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hiap20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Air transportation crashes; Aviation safety; Business practices; Cognition; Crash causes; Ergonomics; Human error; Human factors in crashes; Literature reviews; Physiological aspects; Psychological aspects; Safety programs; System design
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00823567
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 26 2002 12:00AM