Citation

Salmon PM, Goode N, Lenné MG, Finch CF, Cassell E. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2014; 63: 111-120.

Affiliation

University of the Sunshine Coast Accident Research (USCAR), Faculty of Arts and Business, School of Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, Australia. Electronic address: psalmon@usc.edu.au.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2013.10.019

PMID

24284079

Abstract

Despite calls for a systems approach to assessing and preventing injurious incidents within the led outdoor activity domain, applications of systems analysis frameworks to the analysis of incident data have been sparse. This article presents an analysis of 1014 led outdoor activity injury and near miss incidents whereby a systems-based risk management framework was used to classify the contributing factors involved across six levels of the led outdoor activity 'system'. The analysis identified causal factors across all levels of the led outdoor activity system, demonstrating the framework's utility for accident analysis efforts in the led outdoor activity injury domain. In addition, issues associated with the current data collection framework that potentially limited the identification of contributing factors outside of the individuals, equipment, and environment involved were identified. In closing, the requirement for new and improved data systems to be underpinned by the systems philosophy and new models of led outdoor activity accident causation is discussed.

Language: en