Human Factors Analysis and Classification System-HFACS

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• Creators:
  Shappell, S. A. ; Wiegmann, D. A.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Aviation Research Laboratory ; United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Human factors
  • Classification
  • Crash investigation
  • Crash analysis
  • Accident causes
  • Accident investigations
  • Accident prevention
  • Aviation accidents
  • HFACS(Human Factors Analysis and Classification System)
  • Human Factors Analysis and Classification System(HFACS)
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-00/7
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Abstract:
  Human error has been implicated in 70 to 80% of all civil and military aviation accidents. Yet, most accident ; reporting systems are not designed around any theoretical framework of human error. As a result, most ; accident databases are not conducive to a traditional human error analysis, making the identification of ; intervention strategies onerous. What is required is a general human error framework around which new ; investigative methods can be designed and existing accident databases restructured. Indeed, a comprehensive ; human factors analysis and classification system (HFACS) has recently been developed to meet those needs. ; Specifically, the HFACS framework has been used within the military, commercial, and general aviation sectors ; to systematically examine underlying human causal factors and to improve aviation accident investigations. ; This paper describes the development and theoretical underpinnings of HFACS in the hope that it will help ; safety professionals reduce the aviation accident rate through systematic, data-driven investment strategies and ; objective evaluation of intervention programs.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15397/dot_15397_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.21 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8f743cb294c6598bd1a4d506c881f691d0fcecde047500817a1efc354c2652d34f5c65f3a1c1b29e06747683a05e2ac386071beba4776b35277bab2f7a5cb0ef