A new approach to analysing human-related accidents by combined use of HFACS and activity theory-based method
Yoon, Young Sik, Ham, Dong-Han 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2908-057X and Yoon, Wan Chul
(2017)
A new approach to analysing human-related accidents by combined use of HFACS and activity theory-based method.
Cognition, Technology and Work, 19
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pp. 759-783.
ISSN 1435-5566
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(doi:10.1007/s10111-017-0433-3)
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Abstract
This study proposes a new method for modelling and analysing human-related accidents. It integrates HFACS (Human Factors Analysis and Classification System), which addresses most of the socio-technical system levels and offers a comprehensive failure taxonomy for analysing human errors, and AT (Activity Theory)-based approach, which provides an effective way for considering various contextual factors systematically in accident investigation. By combining them, the proposed method makes it more efficient to use the concepts and principles of AT. Additionally, it can help analysts use HFACS taxonomy more coherently to identify meaningful causal factors with a sound theoretical basis of human activities. Therefore, the proposed method can be effectively used to mitigate the limitations of traditional approaches to accident analysis, such as over-relying on a causality model and sticking to a root-cause, by making analysts look at an accident from a range of perspectives. To demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed method, we conducted a case study in nuclear power plants. Through the case study, we could confirm that it would be a useful method for modelling and analysing human-related accidents, enabling analysts to identify a plausible set of causal factors efficiently in a methodical consideration of contextual backgrounds surrounding human activities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology > Computer Science |
| Item ID: | 23629 |
| Notes on copyright: | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Cognition, Technology and Work. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-017-0433-3 |
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| Depositing User: | Dong-Han Ham |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2018 14:49 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2021 20:47 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/23629 |
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