Examining the Organizational Accident Model

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the application of the Swiss cheese model, which is the most well-known accident model in organizational accident research. Specifically, we will clarify two application types of the Swiss cheese model by examining case analysis using the Swiss cheese model and criticisms about the Swiss cheese model. As a result of the analysis, it was clarified that there are two types of application methods of the Swiss cheese model: (1) analysis of the mechanism of organizational accidents and (2) construction of preventive measures for organizational accidents.