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The counterfactual assessment of events, that is the mental construction of alternatives to factual events, is a pervasive thinking process that is quite natural for people. In the analysis of event causation, counterfactual thinking has been proven to play a crucial role. In the paper the relevance of counterfactual thinking for accident analysis is discussed. Specifically, we report on the application of counterfactual assessment of events to the construction of a data base for reporting industrial accident.
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Rizzo, A., Bagnara, S. (1991). Counterfactual Thinking and Accident Analysis. In: Frese, M., Kasten, C., Skarpelis, C., Zang-Scheucher, B. (eds) Software für die Arbeit von morgen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76345-8_20
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