Title :
Methodological considerations in using AcciMaps and the Risk Management Framework to analyse large-scale systemic failures
Author :
Waterson, P.E. ; Jenkins, D.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ergonomics (Human Sci.), Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK
Abstract :
In this paper we describe our use of the AcciMap and Risk Management (ActorMap) framework (RMF) to analyse two recent accidents - the infection outbreaks which occurred at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and the 2005 Stockwell Shooting incident. Previous work using AcciMaps and the RMF is described and reviewed in section 2 of the paper. We then describe the case studies followed by an account of our goals and the procedure used to carry out the accident analyses (section 3). The differences in our use of the methods are described in section 4 of the paper. Finally, we reflect on these differences in order to develop of a set of criteria which could be used to scope more detailed guidelines for the selection and use of the two methods.
Keywords :
accidents; large-scale systems; occupational health; risk management; AcciMap framework; Stockwell shooting incident; accident analysis; infection outbreaks; large-scale systemic failures; risk management framework; AcciMaps; Human Factors; Systems analysis; methods for accident and disaster investigation; the Risk Management Framework;
Conference_Titel :
System Safety 2010, 5th IET International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Manchester
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2010.0830