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Individual latent error detection: is there a time and a place for the recall of past errors?

Individual latent error detection: is there a time and a place for the recall of past errors?
Individual latent error detection: is there a time and a place for the recall of past errors?
A task carried out in error creates a latent condition that can result in a future
undesirable outcome if the error is not detected later. The paper presents a study of the
relatively under-researched phenomenon of post-task latent error detection. Focusing
on UK naval aircraft maintenance, it was hypothesised that time, location and systems
cues influence individual latent error detection amongst naval air engineers who
experience the phenomenon. The systems view of human error is combined with a
multi-process approach to post-task latent error research, for which findings suggest
that distributed cognition across the entire socio-technical system may be influential in
post-task latent error detection. Directions for future research will be of benefit to
those interested in furthering safety resilience using a systems approach to minimise
the consequences arising from latent error.
1464-536X
533-552
Stanton, Neville
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Saward, Justin, Robert Ernest
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Stanton, Neville
351a44ab-09a0-422a-a738-01df1fe0fadd
Saward, Justin, Robert Ernest
0680ca4e-bea4-4b2b-bf37-dd4c36ed4a61

Stanton, Neville and Saward, Justin, Robert Ernest (2015) Individual latent error detection: is there a time and a place for the recall of past errors? Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 16 (5), 533-552.

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Abstract

A task carried out in error creates a latent condition that can result in a future
undesirable outcome if the error is not detected later. The paper presents a study of the
relatively under-researched phenomenon of post-task latent error detection. Focusing
on UK naval aircraft maintenance, it was hypothesised that time, location and systems
cues influence individual latent error detection amongst naval air engineers who
experience the phenomenon. The systems view of human error is combined with a
multi-process approach to post-task latent error research, for which findings suggest
that distributed cognition across the entire socio-technical system may be influential in
post-task latent error detection. Directions for future research will be of benefit to
those interested in furthering safety resilience using a systems approach to minimise
the consequences arising from latent error.

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Published date: 1 January 2015
Organisations: Transportation Group, Education Hub

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Local EPrints ID: 408146
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/408146
ISSN: 1464-536X
PURE UUID: 61558935-76df-4685-adca-1bdafcbe2d2b
ORCID for Neville Stanton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3279

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Date deposited: 12 May 2017 04:04
Last modified: 10 Jan 2022 02:55

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Author: Neville Stanton ORCID iD
Author: Justin, Robert Ernest Saward

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