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ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES

F S McGlade, Stanley A. Abercrombie

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For accident research to be successful, it is necessary to identify etiological factors and their interactions and develop and evaluate accident prevention measures. This article is concerned with the human aspects of accident causation research, with specific regard to classification of accident data. The major purpose of the article is to present a scheme for classifying accidents for causation research regarding human factors.

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Key concepts: Causation, Accident (philosophy), Classification scheme, Poison control, Forensic engineering, Risk analysis (engineering), Engineering, Computer science