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Workshop: Adopting a Systems-Based Approach to Accident Analysis and Prevention

Paul Salmon, Clare Dallat and I recently conducted a workshop for the Outdoor Recreation department at TAFE Western – Lithgow. The aim of the workshop was to develop critical reflection skills for better understanding why accidents happen and developing appropriate countermeasures from

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The UPLOADS website in review 2014

WordPress.com prepared a 2014 annual report for the UPLOADS website. It gives an overview of how many times the website was viewed, and which countries are interested in the project. I thought I’d share it with you, because it shows

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UPLOADS October Newsletter

Click here to read the UPLOADS Project October Newsletter which includes an invitation to participate in a survey on how we should use data from the National Dataset.

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PhD Scholarship news!

The University of the Sunshine Coast Accident Research (USCAR) Team is offering two new PhD scholarships. One of the scholarships available involves using the data from the UPLOADS national incident database as a starting point for developing methods to improve safety

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Systems thinking 101..the root cause of accidents and some unanswered questions

What is the most common “root cause” of accidents? That’s the question I’m most often asked as an accident researcher, regardless of project, stakeholder, organisation, or domain. No doubt the intention is good. The organisation wants to expend its limited

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Who is in the “outdoor” sector? National Outdoor Sector Survey 2013

One of the challenges for the National UPLOADS trial is estimating the “reach” of the study. Ultimately, we’d like to have everyone in the outdoor sector in Australia using UPLOADS. For now, we need to get some idea of the proportion of

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