TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Considering trends among industrial accidents: a preliminary meta analysis of HFACS causal factors across industries
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Berry, Katherine A.
A1  - Stringfellow, Paris F.
A1  - Shappell, Scott A.
SP  - 1574
EP  - 1578
VL  - 53
IS  - 20
N2  - This study investigated human error across a variety of industry types utilizing the Human Factors Classification and Analysis System (HFACS). One of the goals of the present study was to determine any similarities or disparities across industry type in regards to HFACS causal categories. Seven data sources represented five different industry types were collected and analyzed for percentage of cases associated with a causal factor at each HFACS causal category. Skill-based errors were found to dominate the unsafe acts tier regardless of industry type. Different statistical methods for determining population differences yielded conflicting results. Significant differences were found among certain data source pairings when the traditional two-proportion z-test was applied; however, the differences were found to be non-significant when the false discovery rate method was applied.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120905302007
ID  - ref1
ER  -