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Human errors in fatal and serious occupational accidents in Finland
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Salminen, Simo ‌
Human errors in fatal and serious occupational accidents in Finland / Simo Salminen and Tuija Tallberg
Sumario: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of human error on industrial accidents. Of accidents, 84-94% were due mainly to human error. Most of the errors were skill-based, next came rule-based errors and then knowledge-based errors. The type of errors was analyzed by age, work experience and work tasks of the victims. The results showed that the SRK model is suitable for analyzing accidents in industrial work using rather simple technology
En: Ergonomics. - London and Washington. - Vol. 39, nº 7, July 1996 ; p. 980-988
1. Ergonomía ‌. 2. Comportamiento humano ‌. 3. Error humano ‌. 4. Accidentes de trabajo ‌. 5. Finlandia ‌. I. Tallberg, Tuija ‌. II. Title. III. Título: Ergonomics.