@inproceedings{Howell2002_189,
  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},
  booktitle = {10th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction},
  year = {2002},
  pages = {49--60},
  address = {Gramado, Brazil},
  url = {https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/189},
  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.},
  keywords = {Accident, accident theory, decision making, hazard, risk, safety},
}