Really interesting 2004 paper discussing how to study the failures associated with organisational artefacts. Artefacts are “rules, procedures, instructions, authority structures and so on that are designed, like physical devices, but have organizational rather than physical functions”. It’s argued that studying failures of artefacts, like in FMEA, isn’t the same as physical failure modes, and… Continue reading Failure modes analysis of organizational artefacts that protect systems
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Efficacy and Understanding of the Safety Hierarchy of Controls
This PhD thesis from Stephen Young was interesting. They studied evidence supporting the hierarchy of control (HOC), constraints on its efficacy, and more. Way too much to cover. Some extracts: · There isn’t a lot of evidence supporting the efficacy of the HOC · One reason is: “An unequivocal demonstration of efficacy [of the HOC] is problematic,… Continue reading Efficacy and Understanding of the Safety Hierarchy of Controls
Foundations of Safety Science: Resilience Engineering and safety as the presence of capacities
More extracts from Foundations of Safety Science, this time from Ch.11 on Resilience Engineering and the adaptive perspective. This is 1 of probably 2 or 3 more posts. Some extracts: These logics come from a wider body of safety science, which includes some intertwined positions, like: Parts 2 & 3…some other time. Ref: Dekker, S.… Continue reading Foundations of Safety Science: Resilience Engineering and safety as the presence of capacities
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