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CHIRP Annual Digest 2017

10. The

Human

Element

We conclude with an in-depth look at
the human element, and in particular
the ‘Deadly Dozen’ method of analysing
accidents and potential accidents
aboard ship.
Ian Shields of CHIRP Maritime uses a
number of short reports to demonstrate
how the Deadly Dozen can help us
understand the root causes of individual
incidents, and we include the diagram
again this year to remind readers how it
is composed.
Ian then describes his causal analysis
of our reports, and I can tell you he ded-
icated a great deal of time to producing
something which can benefit everyone
in our industry. We owe him an immense
debt of gratitude.
Finally, the Insight article complements
the theme of this section and is highly
recommended. It is an in depth look
at the human element and why it is so
important that we go beyond simplistic
explanations and reassess our approach
to human factors.

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