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Coast Guard Related
Crew Endurance Management (CEM) Guide for Maritime Operations
Addendum to the CEM Guide for Maritime Operations
Risk-Based Decision-Making (RBDM) Guidelines
Marine Operations Risk Guide is an easy to use document that presents a step by step methodology to access risk within various sectors of marine operations. The simplified procedures may help identify, reduce, and even eliminate certain risks in your operations. At a minimum, the information may help foster new approaches to your organization's efforts to address maritime safety.
PVA Risk Guide is similar to the Marine Operations Risk Guide but more specific to issues relating to passenger vessels.
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Roberts, K. H. and Bea R. (2001) "When Systems Fail." Organizational
Dynamics
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Books
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Reports and Publications
Bridge Allision Report
Towing Vessel Crew Fatalities Report from the AWO/CG Towing Vessel Crew Fatalities Quality Action Team.
Advancing the Principles of the Prevention Through People Program. Prepared by Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council for U.S. Coast Guard, Design and Engineering Standards Division, Washington, DC. August 1997. See the entire report in the National Academy Press Online Reading Room under Marine & Maritime Studies.
The Economic Impacts of Accidents on the Marine Industry. Prepared by ICF Kaiser for U.S. Coast Guard, Standards Evaluation and Development Division, Washington, DC. April 1997.
Risk-Based Decision-Making Guidelines. U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC. 2002. Available from NTIS. Ask for PB2002-500115.
Procedures for Investigating and Reporting Human Factors and Fatigue Contributions to Marine Casualties. U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Groton, CT. September 1996. Accession No. AD-A323392. Available from NTIS.
Fatigue and Alertness in Merchant Marine Personnel: A Field Study of Work and Sleep Patterns. U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Groton, CT. June 1996. Available from NTIS. Ask for AD-A322 126/4INZ.
The Role of Human Error in Design, Construction, and Reliability of Marine Structures. Ship Structure Committee, Washington, DC. November 1994. Available from NTIS. Ask for PB95-126827.
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Casualty Investigation and Reporting: Analysis and Recommendations for Improvement. U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Groton, CT. August 1994. Available from NTIS. Ask for AD-A298 380/7INZ.
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