Health and Safety

1. Definitions, causes and examples – 
   Definitions of accidents; causes: theory A and theory B (Reason, 2000); examples of individual and system errors (e.g. Three Mile Island, 1979; Chernobyl, 1986).
2. Accident proneness and personality – 
   Accident prone personality; personality factors, e.g. age, personality type.
   Human error (e.g. Riggio, 1990); illusion of invulnerability (e.g. The Titanic); cognitive overload (e.g. Barber, 1988).
3. Reducing accidents and promoting safety behaviours – 
   Reducing accidents at work: token economy (e.g. Fox et al., 1987); reorganising shift work; safety promotion campaigns (e.g. Cowpe, 1989).