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Jul 31, 2025 8 min

E16: Systems thinking and investigations

from Safe As Podcast Hosted by Ben Hutchinson

Do construction investigations take broader systems perspectives of accident causation, or stuck in the mud focused on local factors, people and behaviour? Further, do investigations help organisations navigate complex, often entangled sociotechnical matters, or hinder progress in safety capacities? Today’s paper is from Woolley, M. J., Goode, N., Read, G. J., & Salmon, P. M. (2019). Have we reached the organisational ceiling? a review of applied accident causation models, methods and contributing factors in construction. Theoretical issues in ergonomics science, 20(5), 533-555. Feel free to shout me a coffee to support my site &podcasts: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson More research at SafetyInsights.Org Intro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com) Make sure to subscribe to Safe As on Spotify/Apple, and if you find it useful then please help share the news, and leave a rating and review on your podcast app. I also have a Safe As LinkedIn group if you want to stay up to date on releases.

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