A safety taxonomy is a standardized set of terminologies used within the fields of safety and health care. The goal is to foster clear communication, as the terminology used within these fields can be immensely confusing, even to specialists.
The creation of effective taxonomies is of great importance. For example, there exist numerous taxonomies to classify and analyze
human error
Human error is an action that has been done but that was "not intended by the actor; not desired by a set of rules or an external observer; or that led the task or system outside its acceptable limits".Senders, J.W. and Moray, N.P. (1991) Human Er ...
and accident causes. Examples of these include the
Human Factors Analysis and Classification System based on Reason's
Swiss Cheese Model
The Swiss cheese model of accident causation is a model used in Risk analysis (engineering), risk analysis and risk management. It likens human systems to multiple slices of Swiss cheese (North America), Swiss cheese, which have randomly placed an ...
, the Cognitive Reliability and Error Analysis Method (CREAM), the taxonomy used by the
Confidential Incident Reporting & Analysis System (CIRAS) in the UK rail industry, and others.
[Wallace, B, and Alastair Ross. ''Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science''; (CRC Press 2006).]
See also
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Biological taxonomy
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Economic taxonomy An economic taxonomy is a system of classification of economic activity, including products, companies and industries. Some economists believe that the study of economic policy demands the use of a taxonomic/classificatory approach.
Industry taxon ...
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Military taxonomy Military taxonomy encompasses the domains of weapons, equipment, organizations, strategies, and tactics.CycorpStructured information The use of taxonomies in the military extends beyond its value as an indexing tool or record-keeping template.
Bli ...
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Safety science
''Safety Science'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier covering research on all aspects of human and industrial safety. The editor-in-chief is Georgios Boustras ( European University Cyprus),. The journal was estab ...
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