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    1. Benner, L. and Rimson, I.J., "Probabilistic and Possibilistic Analyses Journal of System Safety, V.47:4: Jul-Aug 2011

    2. Benner, L. and Rimson, I.J., "The Brave New World of Designers' Complexity Journal of System Safety, V.47:2: Mar-Apr 2011

    3. Benner, L. and Rimson, I.J., "Old Habits Die Hard: Part 2 Journal of System Safety, V.46:4: Nov-Dec 2010

    4. Benner, L. and Rimson, I.J., "Old Habits Die Hard Journal of System Safety, V.46:4: Jul-Aug 2010

    5. Benner, L. and Rimson, I.J., "Deja Vu All Over--An Opportunity For Us Journal of System Safety, V.46:2: Mar-Apr 2010

    6. Benner, Ludwig Jr. and Carey, William D. Can Accident Investigation Tools Help Crime Scene Reconstruction? - Journal of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction, Volume 16, Issue 2, Spring 2010: pages 11-18.

    7. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "A Risk is a Risk is a Risk,...1 or is It" Journal of System Safety, V.45:6: Nov-Dec 2009

    8. Benner, L. and Rimson, I.J., Sifting Lessons from the Ashes: Avoiding Lost Learning Opportunities, International Society of Air Safety Investigators 2009 Seminar, Orlando, FL, September 2009

    9. Benner, Ludwig, "Appraising Lessons Learned Practices" Journal of System Safety, V.45:4: July Aug 2009

    10. Benner, L. and Carey, W.D., Lessons Learning System Analysis and Assessment, International System Safety Conference, Huntsville, AL August 4 2009

    11. Benner, Ludwig and Rimson, I.J., "The Curse of the Retros" Journal of System Safety, V.45:4: July Aug 2009

    12. Benner, L., Lessons Learning System Attributes: An Analysis, Proceedings of ESReDA 36 Seminar, Coimbra PT June 2009

    13. Benner, Ludwig and Rimson, I.J., "Hazard Analyses of Dynamic Systems" Journal of System Safety, V.45:2: Mar-Apr 2009

    14. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "The Sky Is Not Falling. Or Is It - Part 3?" Journal of System Safety, V.44:4: Nov-Decv 2008

    15. Benner, L. and Carey, W.D., Investigation Lessons Learning System Flaws and Fixes, Washington DC System Safety Training Seminar, La Plata MD, June 25 2008

    16. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "The Sky Is Not Falling. Or Is It - Part 2?" Journal of System Safety, V.44:2: Mar-Apr 2008

    17. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "The Sky Is Not Falling. Or Is It?" Journal of System Safety, V.44:2: Mar-Apr 2008

    18. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "What Do You Really Know?" Journal of System Safety, V.43:6: Nov-Dec 2007

    19. Benner, L., Accident Data for the Semantic Web, Proceedings of ESReDA 33 Seminar, Ispra IT, November 2007
    20. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "Outside the Lines: The X-Tree - Part 2" Journal of System Safety, V.43, #4: Jul-Aug 2007

    21. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "Introducing the X-Tree" for the Journal of System Safety, 43:2, March-April 2007

    22. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "Whose Risk Is It Anyway?" Journal of System Safety, 42:6, November-December 2006

    23. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig,"Follow-Through: It's Good For Golf; its Great For Safety" Journal of System Safety, 42:4, July August 2006

    24. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "When Safety Depends on Security" Journal of System Safety," 42:2, March-April 2006

    25. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, "Ten-to-the-minus-Ninth: Satisfaction or Satisfiction?" Journal of System Safety, 41:6, November-December 2005

    26. Rimson, I.J., and Benner, Ludwig, System Improvement Should Be the Objective of Investigations in the Journal of System Safety, 41:4, July-August 2005 is about the Dreaded "Did Nots" in investigation reports, and the problems they pose. May still be accessible at http://www.system-safety.org/ejss/past/julaug2005ejss/outside.html

    27. Investigation Catalyst software application package Help, Tutorial and sample files, and web site Technical Notes. 2004.

    28. Benner, L. Investigating Investigation Methodologies (872K file). IRIA2003 Conference. Paper presents a comparison of effects of RCA and MES methodologies on investigation processes. Slide presentation (for Mac OS ) or Slide presentation (for Win OS), a copy of handout showing examples of comments about the investigation report, a second handout with examples of questions raised by MES matrix development, and a a third handlout showing how the comments can be used for managing the investigation are also available. 2003. (Note: hurricane forced cancellation of presentation.)

    29. Benner, L., THE STORY OF GEBMO: How the widely used General Hazardous Materials Behavior Model (GEBMO) and D.E.C.I.D.E. model for Hazardous Materials emergency responders evolved. 2001 (On line publication)

    30. Benner, L., INVESTIGATION PROGRAMS, Chapter 8 in Handbook of Industrial Automation, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York 2000 . Describes investigation program design, planning, and implementation. View table of contents.

    31. Benner, L. 10 MES INVESTIGATION GUIDES (Internet Edition) Starline Software, Ltd., Oakton, VA. Revised through 2005

    32. Benner, L., BOOK REVIEW: A GLIMPSE OF HELL: THE EXPLOSION ON THE USS IOWA AND ITS COVERUP, published at http://www.iprr.org November 29, 1999

    33. Benner, L., EXTRACTED STATEMENTS ABOUT CAUSE TAKEN FROM 1996 ISASI SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS, posted at Investigation Research Roundtable http://www.iprr.org/ April 1998.

    34. Benner, L., SYSTEM SAFETY ANALYSIS PITFALLS, Proceedings of the 15th System Safety Conference, Washington, DC September 13-17, 1997 Presentation slides available; see file.

    35. Rimson, Ira J. and L Benner, MISHAP INVESTIGATIONS: TOOLS FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM PERFORMANCE, Proceedings of 14th System Safety Conference, Albuquerque, NM 1996

    36. Rimson, Ira J. and Benner, L., PREVENTING FLIGHT CREW ERRORS: PRIMARY DATA MUST DRIVE ANALYSES Second Workshop on Flight Crew Accident and Incident Human Factors, June 12-14, 1996 FAA Office of System Safety Proceedings.

    37. Benner, L., WORDS MEAN SOMETHING, International Society of Air Safety Investigators FORUM 26:3, September , 1995

    38. Benner L. and Rimson, I. PARADIGM SHIFTS TOWARD EXPLOITING SUCCESSFUL HUMAN FACTORS INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO PREVENT AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS, Position Paper, Prepared for FAA Office of System Safety Workshop on Flight Crew Accident and Incident Human Factors, McLean, VA June 21-23, 1995.(pdf)

    39. Benner, L.RANKING SAFETY RECOMMENDATION EFFECTIVENESS, International Society of Air Safety Investigators, Proceedings of 1992 conference, Dallas TX (pdf)

    40. Benner, L., MORT vs MES INVESTIGATOR TRAINING, (Privately distributed) prepared April 1992.(pdf)

    41. Benner, L. and Rimson, I., QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS (in 2 Parts) International Society of Air Safety Investigators FORUM, 24:3, 25:1, OCTOBER 1991, FEBRUARY 1992

    42. Benner, L., ON CAUSE (Guest Editorial on determination of cause), International Society of Air Safety Investigators forum, Volume 24:3 1991

    43. Benner, L., APPLYING SYSTEM SAFETY TO THE SAFETY RECOMMENDATION PROCESS, Proceedings of the 10th International System Safety Conference, Irving TX July 1991

    44. Saams, J. and Benner, L. INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR FIRE INVESTIGATIONS, presentation to Society of Fire Protection Engineers, FALL ENGINEERING SEMINARS, Miami, FL November 14, 1990

    45. Benner, L, LOGIC AND LOGIC FALLACIES, International Society of Air Safety Investigators' forum, Volume 1, 1990 (pdf only)

    46. Benner, L, SAFETY TRAINING'S ACHILLES HEEL Hazard Prevention, 26:1, 1st Quarter 1990

    47. Benner, L., THE NEXT DECADE: MORE AND BETTER, opening address to 1989 Virginia Department of Emergency Services/Virginia Assn. of Hazardous Materials Response Specialists' fifth annual Hazards Materials Conference, Virginia Beach, VA September 28 1989

    48. Benner, L., FIRE RISKS IN CARLOAD/TRUCKLOAD TRANSPORTATION OF CLASS A EXPLOSIVES, Report to Department of Transportation, OHMT, Contract No. DTRS57-88-P-82656,, March, 1989

    49. Lawton, R.L., Benner, L,. Clarke, R., Jensen, R., Adrion, A., and Maresh, J., THE DECIDE APPROACH TO TRAINING PILOTS IN PILOT DECISION MAKING, AOPA Air Safety Foundation, Frederick, MD, report presented to Third Annual Pilot Decision Making Conference, Ottawa, Canada Dec. 2-3, 1986 (pdf).

    50. Clarke, R., Benner, L. and White, L.M., RISK ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES MANUAL, Transportation Safety Institute, March 1987, Oklahoma City, OK.

    51. Hendrick, K.M., Benner, L. and Lawton, R. A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE SEARCH FOR INDIRECT HUMAN ELEMENTS IN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS,g f presented at Fourth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH April 29, 1987

    52. Benner, L and Chapman, J.R., ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR RAIL-HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING REGULATIONS, Transportation Research Board, January 13, 1987, Washington, DC.

    53. Lawton, R.L., Benner, L,. Clarke, R., Jensen, R., Adrion, A., and Maresh, J., THE DECIDE APPROACH TO TRAINING PILOTS IN PILOT DECISION MAKING, AOPA Air Safety Foundation, Frederick, MD, report presented to Third Annual Pilot Decision Making Conference, Ottawa, Canada Dec. 2-3, 1986 (pdf).

    54. Lawton, R., Clarke, R and Benner, L., TEACHING YOUR STUDENTS TO BALANCE RISK WHILE FLYING, Flight Instructor's Safety Report, AOPA, Frederick MD, January 1986

    55. Hendrick, K.M. and Benner, L., INVESTIGATING ACCIDENTS WITH STEP, Marcel Dekker, 1986 New York, NY (490 p) ISBN 0-8247-7510-4

    56. Benner, L. RATING ACCIDENT MODELS AND INVESTIGATION METHODOLOGIES, Journal of Safety Research, 16:3, Fall 1985 Chicago, IL

    57. White L. and Benner, L. CORRECTIVE ACTION EVALUATION Proceedings of Seventh Intl. System Safety Conference, System Safety Society July 1985

    58. White, L. and Benner, L. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS HANDBOOK FOR CATEGORY I AND II INVESTIGATIONS, Minerals Management Service, Reston, Va. June 1984

    59. HUMAN DECISION PROCESS MODEL FOR INVESTIGATORS from STEP INVESTIGATION SYSTEM INVESTIGATOR'S HANDBOOK, Events Analysis, Inc., Oakton, VA 1984, Read model and application guidance

    60. Benner, L. NEW ROLES FOR INVESTIGATIONS, National Fire Protection Association 88th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, La. May 1984

    61. Benner, L. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED A SAFETY REGULATION?, Journal of Safety Research, 14:4 Winter 1983

    62. Benner, L. and Sweginnis, R. SYSTEM SAFETY'S OPEN LOOPS, Hazard Prevention, Nov. 1983

    63. Benner, L. ACCIDENT MODELS: HOW UNDERLYING DIFFERENCES AFFECT WORKPLACE SAFETY, Proceedings of International Seminar on Occupational Accident Research, September 5-9, 1983, Saltsjöbaden, Sweden, Vol. 1 (Abstract)

    64. Benner, L., SAFETY'S FUTURE SHOCK, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1983 DOE AND DOE CONTRACTORS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY MEETING, VOLUME II, p 443. U. S. Department of Energy, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 19- 22, 1983

    65. Benner, L., TUTORIAL ON ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, Minutes And Reports, 1982 Spring Meeting, American Petroleum Institute, Committee On Safety And Fire Protection, American Petroleum Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 31, 1982

    66. Benner, L., System Safety Society White Paper #1, presentation to ALL DAY CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON D.C. CHAPTER OF THE SYSTEM SAFETY SOCIETY, Arlington (Crystal City), VA November 4, 1981

    67. Benner, L., METHODOLOGICAL BIASES WHICH UNDERMINE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, The International Society of Air Safety Investigators 1981 International Symposium, Sept 1981

    68. Driver, E.T. and Benner, L., EVALUATING HAZMAT RESPONSES WITH TIME/LOSS ANALYSIS, Fire Journal, July 1981. The concept was developed further and published in Guide 7 of the MES Investigation Guides series.

    69. Benner, L., MANAGING THE DISASTER SCENE, a presentation to Fire Service Personnel at Memphis TN, March 1981.

    70. Benner, L., 5 ACCIDENT PERCEPTIONS: THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS, Hazard Prevention 16:11 September/October 1980

    71. Benner, L., ACCIDENT PERCEPTIONS: THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR INVESTIGATORS, International Society of Air Safety Investigators FORUM, 14:1, 1981

    72. Benner, L. and Hildebrand, M.S., THE M.A.P.S. METHOD, INSTRUCTOR MANUAL, The Robert J. Brady Co., Bowie MD, 1980

    73. Driver, E.T. and Benner, L., EVALUATING DANGEROUS GOODS EMERGENCY RESPONSE WITH TIME/LOSS ANALYSES, Proceedings of 6th International Symposium-Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials, November 10-14, 1980, Berlin(West), Federal Republic of Germany

    74. Benner, L., ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS: A CASE FOR NEW PERCEPTIONS AND METHODOLOGIES paper presented to the SAE and published in SAE/SP-80/461 1980

    75. Benner, L., SAFETY'S HIDDEN DEFECT: ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, slides used in presentation of paper ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS: A CASE FOR NEW PERCEPTIONS AND METHODOLOGIES, SAE/SP-80/461 1980, February, 1980.

    76. Benner, L. and Rote, R., HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILL MAPS: A NEW SAFETY INFORMATION RESOURCE, Loss Prevention, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Philadelphia, PA., June 10, 1980.

    77. Benner, L., FOUR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION GAMES: INSTRUCTOR MANUAL, Lufred Industries, Inc., Oakton, VA 22124, 1979.

    78. Benner, L., FOUR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION GAMES: SIMULATIONS OF THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROCESS, Lufred Industries, Inc., Oakton, VA 1979. 2nd Edition 1982.

    79. Benner, L., CRASH THEORIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ACCIDENT RESEARCH, American Association For Automotive Medicine Quarterly Journal 1:1, January, 1979.

    80. Benner, L., FIVE ACCIDENT THEORIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH, presented at the Joint International Meeting of the American Association for Automotive Medicine and the International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI July 10, 1978.

    81. Benner, L., ,REFLECTIONS ON SCIENTIFIC METHOD, course handout, USC ISSM 514, 1978.

    82. Benner, L., GENERATING HYPOTHESES TO EXPLAIN ACCIDENTS AND OTHER RARE EVENTS, Guest Editorial, Journal of Safety Research, 10:1, 1978.

    83. Driver, W., and Benner, L., D.E.C.I.D.E. FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCIES, Presented Papers, Vol.II, Fifth International Symposium on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Sea and Inland Waterways, Federal Ministry of Transport, Federal Republic of Germany, Hamburg, 24-27 April, 1978

    84. Benner, L., ACCIDENT THEORY AND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS, Hazard Prevention 13:4 1977.

      Benner, L., HYPOTHESIS GENERATION IN RARE EVENTS RESEARCH, Workshop on Rare Events Research Methodologies, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg MD 1976. (NBS Special Publication 482)

    85. Benner, L., HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCIES: PROGRAMMABLE!, presentation to National Fire Protection Association, 81st Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 1977.

    86. Benner, L., HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCIES, a text book containing process to think your way through the handling of hazardous materials emergency responses. 1976. Preview or purchase Item H081

      Benner, L, ACCIDENT THEORY AND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, Proceedings of the Annual Seminar of the Society of Air Safety Investigators, Ottawa, Canada, 1975g>

    87. Benner, L., D.E.C.I.D.E. IN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCIES, Fire Journal, 69:4, July 1975.

    88. Benner, L., ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION: MULTILINEAR EVENTS SEQUENCING METHODS, Journal of Safety Research, 7:2, 1975

    89. Benner, L., HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION: CURRENT AND FUTURE ISSUES, OSHA and Hazardous Materials Seminar, Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce, Detroit MI March 6, 1973.

    90. Benner, L., RISK, RESPONSIBILITY AND RESEARCH, Abstract of presentation to Symposium on the Interface of Government Safety Regulations and the Chemical Professional: I -the "Real-World" Aspects at 170th ACS National meeting Chicago, Illinois August 26, 1975 (pdf)

    91. NTSB Special Study Risk Concepts in Dangerous Goods Transportation. I was the principal author of this study for the Board. Proceedings of a Conference about the study held by the Transportation Association of America also available.


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