Accident Causation
Accident Causation : The many factors that act together to cause accidents. They include: (1) personal factors including inadequate capability, lack of knowledge/skill, improper motivation, and stress. (2) job factors including inadequate leadership or supervision, inadequate engineering, inadequate purchasing, inadequate maintenance, inadequate work standards/procedures, and inadequate hazard controls. (3) lack of management control factors including inadequate program, inadequate program standards, inadequate compliance with standards, inadequate hazard controls