Citation

Johnson CW, de Almeida IM. Safety Sci. 2008; 46(1): 38-53.

Affiliation

Dept of Computing Science, Univ of Glasgow, 17 North Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland G12 9QQ, UK; Dept of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Botucatu, S�o Paulo, Brazil

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ssci.2006.05.007

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

There has been a rapid increase in the complexity and integration of many safety-critical systems. In consequence, it is becoming increasingly difficult to identify the causes of incidents and accidents back through the complex interactions that lead to an adverse event. At the same time, there is a growing appreciation of the need to consider a broad range of contextual factors in the aftermath of any mishap. A number of regulators, operators and research teams have responded to these developments by proposing novel techniques to support the analysis of complex, safety-critical incidents. It is important to illustrate these different approaches by applying them to a number of common case studies. The following pages, therefore, show how STAMP and AcciMap might support the Servico Publico Federal investigation into the explosion and fire of the Brazilian launch vehicle VLS-1 VO3.