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@CONFERENCE{Howell2002,
author={Howell, Gregory A. and Ballard, Glenn and Abdelhamid, Tariq S. and Mitropoulos, Panagiotis },
editor={Formoso, Carlos T. and Ballard, Glenn },
title={Working Near the Edge: A New Approach to Construction Safety}, 
journal={10th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, 
booktitle={10th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, 
year={2002},
pages={49-60},
url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/189},
affiliation={Executive Director, Lean Construction Institute, Box 1003, Ketchum, ID 83340. 208/726-9989. ghowell@leanconstruction.org ; Research Director, Lean Construction Institute, 4536 Fieldbrook, Oakland Ca. 510/530- 8656. gballard@leanconstruction.org ; Assistant Professor, 207 Farrall Hall, Construction Management Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1323. tabdelha@msu.edu ; Ph.D., Process Improvement Coordinator, Menlo Park, CA, 94025. takism@earthlink.net },
abstract={Construction safety has substantially improved, but has reached a plateau. Further improvement will come from spreading Best Practice throughout the industry, or from Breakthrough that transcends Best Practice. We are working on Breakthrough and propose that what is needed is a new theory of accidents. Current Best Practice is described along with its underlying theoretical assumptions. An alternative theory is proposed, based on the work of Jens Rasmussen, a leading thinker on risk management in dynamic environments. A research program is proposed to test that theory and to develop a new approach to safety management. },
author_keywords={Accident, accident theory, decision making, hazard, risk, safety },
address={Gramado, Brazil },
issn={ },
publisher={ },
language={English},
document_type={Conference Paper},
source={IGLC},
}