- Author
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Pezoldt, V. J.
- Title
- Rare Event/Accident Research Methodology. Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 26-28, 1976. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS SP 482
July 1977
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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consumer affairs; accidents; human factors engineering; meetings; safety engineering; research; injuries; methodology; accident prevention; simulation; standards; product safety
- Abstract
- The volume contains the formal papers presented at a Workshop on Rare Event/Accident Research Methodology sponsored by the Human Factors Section of the Center for Consumer Product Technology, National Bureau of Standards held at NBS May 26-28, 1976. The topics addressed at the workshop and reflected in the papers in this volume include system safety engineering, hypothesis generation in accident research, epidemiological approaches to injury research, observational techniques for studying complex tasks, accident simulation, and methodological considerations being forced by the law.