Safety Risks - Human error or mechanical failure?: Lessons from railways

Michael Lesk

doi:10.1109/MSP.2015.39

Safety Risks - Human error or mechanical failure? Lessons from railways

Michael Lesk

School of Communication and Information, Library and Information Science

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Abstract

Before World War I, commentators writing about transportation accidents tended to blame the workmen and demand punishment after accidents. After that time, the emphasis switched to mechanical failure, the old ideal of the 'perfectibility of man' having gone with the war. Today, we need to look at both human and mechanical failure.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7085953
Pages (from-to)	99-102
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Security and Privacy
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2015.39
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Law

Keywords

Three Mile Island
accident
human error
mechanical failure
railroad
railway
security

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10.1109/MSP.2015.39

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