HUMAN ERRORS IN FATAL AND SERIOUS OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS IN FINLAND

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of human error on indus trial accidents. One hundred and seventy-eight fatalities and 99 serio us accidents were classified according to Rasmussen's SRK model, Of ac cidents, 84-94% wore due mainly to human error. Most of the errors wer e skill-based, next come rule-based errors and then knowledge-based er rors, The type of error was analyzed by age, work experience and work tasks of the victims. The results showed that the SRK model is suitabl e for analyzing accidents in industrial work using rather simple techn ology.