Taxonomy Proposal for the Description of Accidents and Incidents in Electrical Systems Operation

摘要

Documenting accidents and incidents in a clear, precise and unambiguous way is essential to ground studies of human error and to propose preventive measures. Research in this field has yielded many taxonomies and methods of categorizing error which are used by companies when analyzing and reporting accidents and incidents. There are difficulties, however, regarding the appropriateness of the terms applied to a company's specific context, since taxonomies tend to be specific. Moreover, the lack of a clear organization and the adoption of concepts which are not universally accepted among users with different backgrounds renders these taxonomies problematic. This paper proposes a taxonomy, and an associated supporting tool, for the description of accidents and incidents in the operation of electrical systems. The proposed taxonomy addresses the concepts and the terms related to the causes of error as well as concepts related to the user cognitive processes that led to the error.Taxonomy; Human Error; User's Activities