An interesting challenge to the idea of ‘human error’ as a sufficient explanation back in 1964. This is from Haddon, Suchman & Klein’s 1964 book ‘Accident Research: Methods and Approaches’. Their argument is still as relevant today: behaviour is rarely separate from the environment where it occurs. And as of `64, the “ambiguity of this… Continue reading ‘Human error’ an insufficient explanation for accidents – insights from 1964
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Haddon 1974: Why do we blame people instead of fixing a poorly designed system?
Why do we blame people for failing to compensate for a poorly designed system? A cool extract from Baker & Haddon’s 1974 article about people and poor design (in my view, Haddon is among the GOATs). They argue that ‘traditionally’ (lolz those silly dark age people of yesteryear, not like us modern elites who stopped… Continue reading Haddon 1974: Why do we blame people instead of fixing a poorly designed system?
