FROM THE ORGANISATIONAL ACCIDENT TO RESILIENCE, THROUGH HUMAN RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT AND JUST CULTURE -ACCIDENT OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA 2013, SPAIN-

Baltasar Gil

ESM Research Institute into Safety and Human Factors, Spain

From the Human Factors perspective, he has directed diverse research, seminars and workshops, published articles, books and manuals in the sphere of safety in industry and transport, and organized meetings on an international scale. His basic training stems from the fields of Safety, Ergonomics and Psychology geared towards accident prevention and risk control.As a specialist in Human Factors, he performs as a researcher for a considerable number of companies developing projects on assessment, training, and developing strategies to improve work conditions and risk control in the Industry, above all in Transport.He takes part in managing ESM INSTITUTE research projects in the fields of reliability and human factors.

Abstract

One of the most important European accidents regarding passenger railways occurred on 24th July 2013 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. All reports indicate human error as the most visible cause for the disaster but, as in all... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Pilar Calvo Holgado (ESM Research Institute into Safety and Human Factors, Spain)
  2. Baltasar Gil (ESM Research Institute into Safety and Human Factors, Spain)
  3. Antonio Castellano Colmenero (ESM Research Institute into Safety and Human Factors, Spain)

Topic Areas

Accident and incident investigation , Human error and human reliability , Resilience engineering and rail system design trade-offs

Session

2PS-2C » Culture / Fatigue (11:50 - Tuesday, 15th September, Blossom)

Paper

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