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Manual For SafetyNet <strong>accident</strong> <strong>causation</strong> system (SNACS)<br />

TEMPORARY P<strong>ERSO</strong>N RELATED FACTORS (E)<br />

CONSEQUENTS<br />

ANTECEDENTS (REASONS/CAUSES)<br />

(RESULTS/EFFECT<br />

S)<br />

GENERAL<br />

Genotypes<br />

SPECIFIC Genotypes<br />

(with definitions)<br />

Examples <strong>for</strong><br />

SPECIFIC<br />

Genotypes<br />

GENERAL<br />

Genotypes (with<br />

definitions)<br />

Overload / Too<br />

high dem<strong>and</strong>s<br />

(M2)<br />

Management<br />

failure (M3)<br />

Circadian rhythm<br />

(E4.1)<br />

Driving at a time which<br />

is normally not within<br />

the "waking hours" <strong>and</strong><br />

that results in reduced<br />

output capacity.<br />

Extensive driving spell<br />

(E4.2)<br />

Not taking breaks or<br />

pausing when driving<br />

long distances, <strong>and</strong> that<br />

leads to diminished<br />

driving ability.<br />

Other (E4.3)<br />

Driving at night to<br />

avoid heavy<br />

traffic.<br />

Truck drivers<br />

changing trucks<br />

with each other<br />

<strong>and</strong> driving more<br />

than the allowed<br />

period <strong>of</strong> time<br />

during 24 h.<br />

Fatigue (E4)<br />

Being mentally or<br />

physically<br />

tired/exhausted.<br />

Figure 14: Extract <strong>of</strong> the row that has Fatigue (E4) as general consequent from<br />

the table TEMPORARY P<strong>ERSO</strong>N RELATED FACTORS (E)<br />

As be<strong>for</strong>e, we first look at the specific genotypes. None <strong>of</strong> these seem<br />

applicable however, because Kalle was driving at daytime within his normal<br />

circadian rhythm, <strong>and</strong> he had not been driving <strong>for</strong> very long when the <strong>accident</strong><br />

happened. Looking at what the stop rules say about this, we first find stop rule<br />

nr 2 which says:<br />

2 General genotypes have the status <strong>of</strong> non-terminal events. If a general<br />

genotype is the most likely cause <strong>of</strong> a general consequent, that cause is<br />

chosen <strong>and</strong> the analysis must continue.<br />

This means that we have to look at the general genotypes in the ANTECEDENT<br />

part <strong>of</strong> the table (<strong>for</strong> definitions <strong>of</strong> the general genotypes, look them up in the<br />

tables where they appear as CONSEQUENTS). When we do that, we see that<br />

from what we know, none <strong>of</strong> them seem applicable to Kalle either. From the<br />

interview we know that Kalle says that he was not under any pressure; in fact<br />

he was feeling calm <strong>and</strong> relaxed. At this stage, we have to go back to the stop<br />

rules to see what to do in this situation where none <strong>of</strong> the available genotypes<br />

are applicable to the <strong>accident</strong> description. First <strong>of</strong>f, stop rule nr 3 says:<br />

3 If there exists no general or specific genotypes that link to the chosen<br />

consequent, the analysis stops.<br />

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