...A.J. Masys Purpose The emergence of “black swans” represents (according to Taleb) “[…] our misunderstanding of the likelihood of surprises”. The purpose of this paper is to study accidents and disasters and the inherent misunderstanding and absence of awareness associated with the existence...

...Johan M. Berlin; Eric D. Carlström Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study why collaboration among police, fire, and ambulance services is minimised at accident scenes. Design/methodology/approach Observations and semi‐structured interviews were carried out during 2007‐2008. The data...

...Zobair Ibn Awal; M. Rafiqul Islam; Mazharul Hoque Purpose This paper aims to investigate the marine vehicle accident characteristics in the inland waterways of Bangladesh, with particular emphasis on collision type accidents. Design/methodology/approach Accident data were collected from...

... activities. Review and synthesis of literature was carried out. Findings Four types of accidents are identified as fatal, serious, minor and trivial wounds. Accidents causing factors are classified into human factor, deficient maintenance of facilities and environmental factors. The prevention activities...

... operations is gradually on the increase. This new development has brought about an increase in the cases of accidents through the use of farm tractors. Design/methodology/approach This study was carried out in the south‐western part of Nigeria to investigate the safety measurement, effectiveness, and its...

...O.G. Akanbi; O.E. Charles‐Owaba; A.E. Oluleye Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors responsible for road traffic accidents among commercial commuter drivers in Lagos, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A total of 188 commercial drivers, driving 18‐seater mass transit...

...A.A. Dare; S.A. Oke; K.L. Olanrewaju Purpose In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of fuel‐truck accidents involving fire outbreaks in Oyo State, Nigeria. These accident explosions have mechanical‐induced actions on the road, with potential costly damages...

...A.J. Masys Purpose The purpose of this article is to reveal the reasons for pilot error. Surveys in aviation have attributed 70 percent of incidents to crew error, citing pilot error as the root cause of an aviation accident. Design/methodology/approach Uses ANT, a theoretical perspective...

...Piyoosh Rautela Purpose The cumulative impact of accidents not considered as disasters far surpasses the impact of disasters. Accidents taking toll of human lives and economy are often underreported and go unnoticed and the victims of these incidences are also ill compensated. It is therefore...

...Alexander M. Goulielmos Purpose To follow the modern movement of using “positive feedback” to explain companies' behaviour with special focus on historical accidents. Design/methodology/approach To contribute to the emergence of new complexity theory as applied to management and prove...

...A.J. Masys Purpose Maintaining a high level of situation awareness (SA) is considered one of the most essential elements for safe and effective flight operations. In a study of accidents among major air carriers, 88 per cent of those involving human error could be attributed to problems with SA...

...A.J. Masys Human error is often cited as a major contributing factor or cause of incidents and accidents. Incident surveys in aviation have attributed 70 per cent of incidents to crew error. Although a large proportion of the accidents can be attributed to human error, Reason proposes a view...

...Alexander M. Goulielmos; Constantine Giziakis; Michalis Pasarzis The purpose of this article is really to provide an answer to the question: Why have marine accidents that result in ships lost have, over the years, been concentrated in two main areas by numbers? Indeed in the British Isles/North...

... and high damage losses. Recently, on 31 December 2001, at 21:37 GMT a tragedy occurred in the capital of Peru, Lima due to fireworks; at least 282 people died and 134 were injured in the disaster (BBC News, 2001). Fire Disasters Malaysia Accidents © MCB UP Limited 2002 Therefore...

...Konstantinos Giziakis; Ernestini Bardi‐Giziaki Ship accidents may create, apart from other damage, environmental pollution. For at least three decades, continuous efforts have been made by various maritime organizations, and especially the IMO, to find effective ways towards reducing...

... so that unambiguous corrective actions can be addressed. Rail transport Accidents The author was involved in a rail accident at Swineshead, Lincolnshire, UK on 11 March 1998 when a two‐carriage train hit a lorry which was straddled over a crossing (Plates 1‐5). Because the track...

... such as occupational stress, work satisfaction and working climate, and attitudes towards safety and risk‐taking. Clinical outcome risk variables were also monitored, including on‐site accidents and driving accidents. An attempt was made to apply Lisrel analyses to provide a more detailed insight...

... delays for the last four weeks since the disaster". 13 August 1998 - Karur District, Tamil Nadu State, India © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Rail transport Accidents Railway accidents 23 June 1998 - Frankfurt, Germany Keywords: Rail transport, Accidents...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Accidents Mining industry Buildings 4 August 1998 - Mumbai, India Keywords: Accidents, Buildings Rescuers tunnelling through heaps of tangled concrete and steel had pulled 35 people, including 14 dead, from a collapsed building...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Accidents Air transport Aviation 20 July 1998 - Cavalese, Italy Keywords: Accidents, Air transport The family of two victims of last February's Italian cable car disaster today petitioned US President Bill Clinton and the US...