The birth of a new approach
Risks in complex systems

Despite all these efforts, industrial safety seems to be marking time. Many experts and managers agree on the preponderance of the "human factor" in the control of major risks, whether positively, due to the know-how, practical intelligence and collective mobilization of field personnel, or, above all, negatively, through human error or failure.

From time to time, a particularly significant "event" occurs: a serious incident, several incidents (admittedly minor, but close together in time), or even a more or less serious accident. The event necessarily leads to a whole series of questions being asked: are safety efforts sufficient? How important is this event? What vulnerabilities does the incident reveal? How...