Alvin Forster Deputy Director (Loss Prevention) of North P&I Club focuses on today’s common thought that 80% of accidents are caused by human error, highlighting that the industry has to further investigate behind the human error and see why someone did something wrong.
According to Mr Forster, it is of a great importance that after an incident or near miss, a proper investigation is carried out and lessons are learnt.
However, he highlights that some investigations rely on the immediate cause...
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