Posted By fore!
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What are the benefits and what do you think?

Posted By Kenneth Patrick
I always thought that it never lived up to the promise of this first article which should be worth a review in light of the CSB report on BP:
Conditions of occurrence of major and minor accidents
Andrew Hale: Delft University of Technology, Safety Science Group

Introduction
This paper reflects on the commonality, or lack of it, between the causes and conditions of occurrence of major and minor accidents. It is written as a reaction to the belief, which seems to be prevalent in the safety world, that these phenomenon have the same causes and should be prevented using the same measures. More specifically it responds to the belief that one can prevent the major accidents in a company by studying minor accidents. My objective is to show that this belief is only partly true, and that it can, if not limited to that aspect, mislead companies and safety experts into seriously misdirecting safety efforts.