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The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System—HFACSCover
and Documentation HFACS and Wildland Fatality InvestigationsHugh Carson wrote this article a few days after the Cramer Fire Bill Gabbert wrote this article following the release of the Yarnell Hill Fire ADOSH report A Roadmap to a Just Culture: Enhancing the Safety EnvironmentCover
and Contents Rainbow Springs Fire, 1984 — Incident Commander NarrationIntroduction U.S. Forest Service Fire Suppression: Foundational DoctrineTools to Identify Lessons LearnedAn FAA website presents 3
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Title and Subtitle The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System—HFACS |
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Author(s) Shappell, S.A. 1, and Wiegmann, D.A. 2 |
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Performing Organization Name and Address 1 FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute, Oklahoma City, OK 73125 2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute of Aviation, Savoy, Ill. 61874 |
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Abstract Human error has been implicated in 70 to 80% of all civil and military aviation accidents. Yet, most accident reporting systems are not designed around any theoretical framework of human error. As a result, most accident databases are not conducive to a traditional human error analysis, making the identification of intervention strategies onerous. What is required is a general human error framework around which new investigative methods can be designed and existing accident databases restructured. Indeed, a comprehensive human factors analysis and classification system (HFACS) has recently been developed to meet those needs. Specifically, the HFACS framework has been used within the military, commercial, and general aviation sectors to systematically examine underlying human causal factors and to improve aviation accident investigations. This paper describes the development and theoretical underpinnings of HFACS in the hope that it will help safety professionals reduce the aviation accident rate through systematic, data-driven investment strategies and objective evaluation of intervention programs |
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Key Words Aviation, Human Error, Accident Investigation, Database Analysis |
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