Management human factors approach

MS Carey, "Safety Management of Process Faults A Position Paper on Human Factors Approaches for the Design of Operator Interfaces to Computer Based Control Systems", HSE Contract Research Report No 60/1993, HSE Books, 1993... 

The phase-gate approach to project management is described in Process Risk and Reliability Management. Human factors issues are generally addressed in the first three phases of a project. 

Chapter 8, A Systematic Approach to the Management of Human Error, explains how the manager and safety professional can use human factors principles in the management of process safety. This chapter also provides a practical plan for a plant human error reduction program that will improve productivity and quality as well. 

The major benefits that arise from the application of human factors principles to process operations are improved safety and reduced down time. In addition, the elimination of error has substantial potential benefits for both quality and productivity. There is now a considerable interest in applying quality management approaches in the CPI. Many of the major quality experts em-... 

The other global dimension of the systems approach is the need for the existence of policies which address human factors issues at senior levels in the company. This implies that senior management realizes that resources spent on programs to reduce error will be as cost-effective as investments in engineered safety systems. 

In 1990 our understanding of the underlying causes of risk were challenged with the publication of Janies Reason s Human Error [8], For the first time the role of human factors in the incident causality chain were truly characterised. He eloquently made the case for adverse events being a function not of personal inadequacies but of the environment in which individuals operate. This paved the way for transforming a largely reactive approach to risk management in healthcare to one of hazard identification and proactive risk control. 

ABSTRACT At present, researches on the relationship between coal mine safety input and safety performance focus on the static description. Results of the assessment on these studies lack in follow-up and dynamic management. In this paper, based on the analysis of factors that have impacts on coal mine safety performance in the process of coal production, one model about the relationship between coal mine safety input and safety performance is established using a system dynamics approach. In the process of computer simulation, coal mine safety performance is dynamically forecast by changing the initial safety level value and safety input increase rate of factors which affect system safety performance. The results show that the safety level of coal mine enterprises in the early period influences the coal mine expectant safety performance. The safety level of human factors and management factors in the coal mine enterprises is a positive correlation of coal mine safety performance. These provide a theoretical basis for management decision-making. 

Hale and Hovden (1998) described management and culture as the third age of safety. The first age was about technical measures, the second about human factors and individual behaviour (Hale and Glendon 1987) and these merged with the technological approaches. Catchpole et al. (2011) in their summary of the development of patient safety research in healthcare, characterised early human factors work in patient safety as focusing on attempts to locate the source of error within medicine. Other exploratory work, took a number of forms, including review of patient s case notes (Vincent et al. 

As written in the Definitions, the term socio-technical system pertains to the interrelatedness of the social and technical aspects of an organization. The term is commonly used in sociology, psychology, and human factors engineering. Quite probably, safety professionals will see a more frequent use of the term in their literature. It implies taking a holistic approach to operational risk management—emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts. 

Part 4 is a collection of human factors interventions from the different indnstry modes. It will introdnce the concept that human error is indeed ubicpiitous and therefore, its management should be approached from multiple applications training and development, leadership and supervision, situational awareness, distraction management etc. Novel elements in this part include research on driver distraction, medical team resource management, a new look at situational awareness, rail risk management and fatigue management in the medical field. 

Alarms (Chapter 12)— This chapter presents an assessment of alarm systems. EEMUA 191 is a guide to the design, management, and procurement of alarm systems. It covers all aspects of human factors in the design of alarm systems for control centers, such as alarm system philosophy, key design principles, and key performance metrics. The approaches taken are... 

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