Failure in Safety-Critical Systems: A Handbook of Accident and Incident Reporting.

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Failure in Safety-Critical Systems: A Handbook of Accident and Incident Reporting.

March 6, 2005

Johnson CW. Glasgow, Scotland: University of Glasgow Press; 2003. ISBN 0852617844.

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The author provides engineers and others with practical information on setting up a successful incident reporting system. Challenges in expanding the system to respond to success are also presented.

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