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Accidents will happen: safety‐critical knowledge and automated control systems
Author(s) -
Moulton Bruce,
Forrest Yvonne
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.2005.00147.x
Subject(s) - tacit knowledge , control (management) , knowledge management , safety culture , explicit knowledge , knowledge transfer , risk analysis (engineering) , hazard , business , engineering , computer science , management , economics , artificial intelligence , chemistry , organic chemistry
This article presents findings from a study of control operators that raise concerns about safety‐critical knowledge, culture and training. It is argued that the adoption of automated control systems can hinder the transfer of knowledge amongst operators, and this becomes an increasingly serious hazard as tacit knowledge is lost because of employee turnover.