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The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) identifies the human causes of an accident and offers tools for analysis as a way to plan preventive training.
'Approach'', July - August 2004. Accessed July 12, 2007. It was developed by Dr Scott Shappell of the Civil Aviation Medical Institute and Dr Doug Wiegmann of the
'Approach'', July - August 2004. Accessed July 12, 2007. It was developed by Dr Scott Shappell of the Civil Aviation Medical Institute and Dr Doug Wiegmann of the
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at Urbana-Campaign in response to a trend that showed some form of human error was a primary causal factor in 80% of all flight accidents in the Navy and Marine Corps.
HFACS is based in the " Swiss Cheese" model of human error which looks at four levels of human failure, including unsafe acts, preconditions for unsafe acts, unsafe supervision, and organizational influences. It is a comprehensive human error framework, that folded Reason's ideas into the applied setting, defining 19 causal categories within four levels of human failure.HFACS Analysis of Military and Civilian Aviation Accidents: A North American Comparison. ISASI, 2004
See also
* Accident classification *Crew resource management
Crew resource management or cockpit resource management (CRM)Diehl, Alan (2013) "Air Safety Investigators: Using Science to Save Lives-One Crash at a Time." Xlibris Corporation. . http://www.prweb.com/releases/DrAlanDiehl/AirSafetyInvestigators/ ...
* National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System
The Fire Fighter Near Miss Reporting System was launched on August 12, 2005 by the International Association of Fire Chiefs. It was announced at a press conference in Denver, Colorado, after having completed a pilot program involving 38 fire depar ...
* SHELL model
* Human reliability
References
{{Reflist Human reliability Disaster preparedness in the United States