Storybuilder—A tool for the analysis of accident reports

Bellamy, Linda J.; Ale, B.J.M.; Geyer, Tim; Goossens, Louis; Hale, Andrew; Oh, Joy I. H.; Mud, M.; Bloemhof, A; Papazoglou, Ioannis A.; Whiston, J.Y.

doi:10.1016/j.ress.2006.02.010

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“…These include "Tripod" (Pietersen, 2006), the "Danish Safety Organization analysis method" (Jørgensen, 2011) and the "Dutch Storybuilder" (Bellamy, et al, 2007). However, it seems that only large companies with a dedicated safety department have the ability to put such methods to use.…”

Section: Accident Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Prevention of “simple accidents at work” with major consequences

Jørgensen¹

2016

Safety Science

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The concept "simple accidents" is understood as traumatic events with no more than one victim. In the last 10 years many European countries have seen a decline in the number of fatalities, but there still remain many severe accidents at work. In the years 2009-2010 in European countries 2.0-2.4 million occupational accidents a year were notified leading to 4500 fatalities and 90,000 permanent disabilities each yearThe article looks at the concept "accident" to find similarities and distinctions between major and simple accident characteristics. The purpose is to find to what extent the same kinds of prevention or safety methodologies and procedures established for major accidents are applicable to simple accidents.The article goes back to basics about accidents causes, to review the nature of successful prevention techniques and to analyze what have been constraints to getting this knowledge used more broadly. This review identifies gaps in the prevention of simple accidents, relating to safety barriers for risk control and the management processes that need to be in place to deliver those risk controls in a continuingly effective state.The article introduces the "INFO cards" as a tool for the systematic observation of hazard sources in order to ascertain whether safety barriers and management deliveries are present. Safety management and safety culture, together with the knowledge included in the INFO cards are important factors in the prevention process. The conclusion is that we must look at safety as a part of being a professional in all kinds of jobs and occupations as well as at management level.

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Section: Accident Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To date the project has analyzed more than 20,000 occupational accidents with serious injuries using the "Storybuilder" methodology (Bellamy, et al, 2007). The analysis used the software Storybuilder to capture the richness of the data in a graphical bowtie structure.…”

Section: : Safety Barrier Knowledge and Info Cardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevention of “simple accidents at work” with major consequences

Jørgensen¹

2016

Safety Science

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“…In fact, this proved to be counterproductive. The analysis of all ladder and scaffold accidents combined with a nationwide inventory of the number of missions on ladders and scaffolds and the duration of these missions showed that in fact the use of scaffolds for many applications was more risky than the use of ladders (Bellamy et al 2007). The use of the data of all exposures to a risky activity including the circumstances is another example of the use of big data, although here the data were not even available at the time and needed to be generated in a nationwide survey among the Dutch labour force.…”

Section: Evaluating Accidentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Only because of the mission survey, which investigated all missions with ladders and not only those where an accident happened, it appeared that it made no difference at all whether the ladders used had an EU certificate or not. There were as many uncertified ladders in the missions that did not result in an accident as in the missions that did (Bellamy et al, 2007).…”

Section: Evaluating Accidentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk analysis and big data

Ale

2016

Safety and Reliability

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Big Data can help overcome various problems that exist in present risk analysis practices. By analysing systems as a whole, it is no longer necessary to define in advance what a failure is and what a success is. It is also possible to evaluate how factors that are considered to promote success can combine into catastrophic failures. Big in Big Data is relative. What was called big data 25 years ago is now called small. The continuous development of analysis techniques over the years have resulted in several operational models that use the concept of Big Data. They will become better as the technology and the accessibility of data further improves. With this new generation of systems models, accidents and incidents do not have to wait for analysis to after the fact. They can be studied beforehand in a model. Replacing hindsight by foresight can help to make the world safer, if we desire to do so.

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“…The model consists of quantified logical bow-ties, which were founded on the analysis of the most serious occupational accidents, together with a survey in 2006 of the population exposure, to provide risk rates for the different occupational accident hazards [7]. The analysed accident data are contained in 36 accident bow-tie models using tailor-made software, which employs a unique approach using a graphical interface for data entry and review [8]. There are 23 030 serious reportable occupational accidents over 1998-2009 entered into the models.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%