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The origins of accident research have been claimed to be more than one hundred years old. Risk research must be considered to be much older since risk evaluations and risk assessments are as old as the Bible or even older. Here in Iceland the research tradition has been more of the latter kind. Howe...

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Main Authors: Human Reliability, Dr. Bjarki Brynjarsson Dean
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.571.5085
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Summary:The origins of accident research have been claimed to be more than one hundred years old. Risk research must be considered to be much older since risk evaluations and risk assessments are as old as the Bible or even older. Here in Iceland the research tradition has been more of the latter kind. However accident investigations have been carried out for a few decades by central committees each committee having a specialisation like for instance air traffic safety, car traffic safety and safety at sea. Risk research has in recent decades been carried out from the