accident causation

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• Accident analysis — is carried out in order to determine the cause or causes of an accident or series of accidents so as prevent further incidents of a similar kind. It is also known as accident investigation. It may be performed by a range of experts, including… …   Wikipedia

• Causation in English law — This article refers to the legal tests of remoteness, causation and foreseeability in the tort of negligence.In the English law of negligence, causation proves a direct link between the defendant’s negligence and the claimant’s loss and damage.… …   Wikipedia

• Correlation does not imply causation — (related to ignoring a common cause and questionable cause) is a phrase used in science and statistics to emphasize that correlation between two variables does not automatically imply that one causes the other (though correlation is necessary for …   Wikipedia

• Vehicular accident reconstruction — Vehicular accident reconstructions are often conducted by specialized units in law enforcement agencies, to answer questions about automobile accidents, such as who was driving, who was breaking the law, where were the victims seated, were they… …   Wikipedia

• Converse accident — The logical fallacy of converse accident (also called reverse accident, destroying the exception, or a dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter) is a deductive fallacy that can occur in a statistical syllogism when an exception to a… …   Wikipedia

• Swiss Cheese model — The Swiss Cheese model of accident causation is a model used in the risk analysis and risk management of human systems. It likens human systems to multiple slices of Swiss cheese, stacked together, side by side. It was originally propounded by… …   Wikipedia

• Martin v. Herzog — Martin v. Herzog, Ct. of App. of N.Y., 228 N Y. 164, 126 N.E. 814 (1920), was a New York Court of Appeals case. Contents 1 Facts 2 Issue …   Wikipedia

• Organizational models of accidents — Models of accident causation are used for the risk analysis and risk management of human systems. Since the 1990s they have gained widespread acceptance and use in healthcare, in the aviation safety industry, and in emergency service… …   Wikipedia

• Patient safety — is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often lead to adverse healthcare events. The frequency and magnitude of avoidable adverse patient events was not well known until the… …   Wikipedia

• System safety — The system safety concept calls for a risk management strategy based on identification, analysis of hazards and application of remedial controls using a systems based approach.cite book|title= System Safety Engineering and… …   Wikipedia

• Error — The word error has different meanings and usages relative to how it is conceptually applied. The concrete meaning of the Latin word error means wandering or straying . To the contrary of an illusion, an error or a mistake can sometimes be… …   Wikipedia