Engineering human factors

This section should demonstrate that human factors engineering and human-machine interface issues have been adequately taken into consideration in the development of the design, in order to facilitate interaction between the operating personnel and the plant. This should be valid for all operational states and accident conditions and for all plant locations where such interactions are anticipated. 

This section should include a description of the principles of human factors engineering used for taking into account all factors shaping human performance that may have an impact on the reliability of the operators performance. The specific design features of systems and equipment that are intended to promote successful operator actions should be considered in the chapter of the SAR on the plant system description and design conformance. 

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The second perspective to be considered in this chapter is the human factors engineering (or ergonomics) approach (HFE/E). This approach, described in Section 2.5, emphasizes the mismatch between human capabilities and system demands as being the main source of human error. From this perspective, the primary remedy is to ensure that the design of the system takes into account the physical and mental characteristics of the human. This includes consideration of factors such as ... 

Human Factors Engineering/Ergonomics approach (control of error by design, audit, and feedback of operational experience) Occupational/process safety Manual/control operations Routine operation Task analysis Job design Workplace design Interface design Physical environment evaluation Workload analysis Infrequent... 

The emphasis on factors that can be manipulated during the design of a plant has led to the human factors engineering approach being described as "fitting the job to the person." This is in contrast to approach of "fitting the... 

While this process implies an ordered, structured process, it should be noted that the various stages overlap and it is frequently necessary to return to an earlier step in the process to modify or clarify information or decisions made in an earlier phase. The influence of the human factors aspects on design needs to be similarly integrated into the process design procedure. The particular human factors elements to be addressed at each phase are discussed below. These phases can be directly related to the human factors engineering and ergonomics (HFE/E) design approach described in Section 2.2. 

Fleger, S. A., Fermenter, K. E., Malone, T. B., Carlow Associates Inc. (1988), Advanced Human Factors Engineering Tool Technologies, Technical Memorandum 2-88, U. S. Army Engineering Laboratory... 

Gilmore, W. E., Gertman, D. I., Blackman, H. S. (1989), User-Computer Interface in Process Control—A Human Factors Engineering Handbook. New York Academic Press. 

Comum K. Sustained operations an F-15 squadron in the Gulf War. Minutes of the Human Factors Engineering Technical Group, 29th meeting, Huntsville, AL, November, 1992. 

Gosbee J, Anderson T. 2003. Human factors engineering design demonstrations can enlighten your RCA team. Qual Saf Health Care 12 119. 

The ability to predict error and thus avoid it is the focus of the science of human factors engineering. The adaptation of this science to the medication... 

In addition to these regular publications, NASA publishes a variety of special publications--reports, technical handbooks, data compilations—to acquaint the non-aerospace user with NASA advances in various states-of-the-art. Examples include new developments in welding and soldering, lubricants and lubricating techniques, human factors engineering, and sterilization and decontamination. 

Notice how in this model ISE builds on a core engineering curriculum foundation and then specializes in four basic areas human factors engineering, manufacturing systems engineering, operations research, and management systems engineering. Each of these four specialty areas dovetails... 

Pearson, R. G. (1971), Human Factors Engineering, in Industrial Engineering Handbook, 3rd Ed., H. B. Maynard, Ed., McGraw-HUl, New York. 

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