Human Factors Analysis and Classification System
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title:
Human Factors Analysis and Classification System
text:
The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) identifies the human causes of an accident and offers tools for analysis as a way to plan preventive training. It was developed by Dr. Scott Shappell of the Civil Aviation Medical Institute and Dr. Doug Wiegmann of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign in response to a trend that showed some form of human error was a primary causal factor in 80% of all flight accidents in the Navy and Marine Corps. HFACS is based in the "Swiss
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Method to identify causes of accidents and analysis to plan preventive training
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Factors_Analysis_and_Classification_System
date created:
2007-07-12T05:05:46Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T15:08:59Z
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