A need for new theories, models and approaches to occupational accident prevention?
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The paper discusses challenges from a changing working life on occupational accident modelling and asks if ideas from models developed for high-risk, complex socio-technical systems can be transformed and adapted to occupational accident prevention. Are occupational accidents mainly simple component failures or is a systemic approach of some interest and value?
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