DOI: 10.1115/1.4058891 ISSN: 0097-6822

Can Accident Prevention Be Reduced to a Science?

Thomas H. Carrow

Abstract

The author concludes that accident prevention can be reduced to a science. This conclusion is based on an analysis of the causes of accidents, which shows that not more than ten per cent are due to misadventure and therefore unpreventable, and an analysis of the human factor to which eighty-five per cent of all accidents are attributable. He stresses the need of complete accident records and of educating supervisory responsibility in safety.

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