MOS 6625 System Safety Engineering WK 4 Case Study

Course Textbook APA Citation:

Leveson, N. G. (2011). Engineering a safer world: Systems thinking applied to safety. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Unit 4 Case Study. 

Unit IV Case Study

1. Review the information in your textbook (Leveson, 2011, pp. 75-100) related to the STAMP model.

2. Download the two peer-reviewed journal articles, located in the required reading section for this unit, from the CSU Library (Academic Search Complete database) and read both articles.

3. Use the CSU APA-styled paper as a formatting template.

a. Compare and contrast the Construction Accident Causation model and the STAMP model.

b. Identify STAMP model features inherent within the Accident Causation Management System.

c. Describe the benefits and limitations of the STAMP model, the Construction Accident Causation   model, and the Accident Causation Management System as each attempt to assist OSHA in the mission of addressing the aspect of human behavior within their respective designs.

4. Prepare a minimum three-page Case Study with no fewer than the three sources identified for the study.

Kwon, H., Yoon, H., & Moon, I. (2006). Industrial applications of accident causation management system. Chemical Engineering Communications, 193(8), 1024-1037. doi:10.1080/00986440500352089

Mitropoulos, P., Abdelhamid, T., & Howell, G. (2005). Systems model of construction accident causation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(7), 816-825. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:7(816)