How To Reduce Human Error By Managing Human Factors
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Contact HSE Accessibility Text size: A - switch to normal size A - switch to large size A - switch to larger size HSE Guidance human failure types Topics Human factors Human factors - Topics Human factors: Human errors Human causes of human error in the workplace factors Introduction to human factors Introducing the key topics Getting started Human factor Topics Managing human failures Human errors
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Incident investigation Procedures Training and competence Staffing Staffing levels Workload Supervision Contractors Organisational change Safety critical communications Shift handover PTW (permit to work) Human factors in design Control rooms Human computer interfaces (HCI) Alarm management Lighting, thermal comfort, noise and vibration Fatigue and shift work Organisational culture Behavioural safety Learning organisations Maintenance, inspection and testing Maintenance error Intelligent customers Resources Incidents Case studies Articles Briefing notes HSE inspectors toolkit COMAH safety report Links Related content Manual handling & MSDs Stress Display Screen Equipment Violence Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) Human factors: Human errors When we address human factors in relation to health and safety, we're aiming to optimise human performance and reduce human failures. Briefing note no 3 - Humans and risk [PDF 132KB] Briefing note no 6 - Maintenance error [PDF 183KB] Extract from inspectors human factors toolkit - Identifying human failures [PDF 75KB] Includes a 7-step approach to identifying and managing human failures that many organisations have found useful. Further guidance Reducing error and influencing behaviour (HSG48), HSE Books 1999, ISBN 0 7176 2452 8. Essential HSE generic industry guidance on human factors - a simple introduction 'Managing human error' Postnote: a report from the Parliamentary office of Science and Technology, June 2001 Number 156: available via the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology's website. A clear and useful summary of the main issues on managing human error Improving maintenance - a guide to reducing human error A useful guide to assessing hazards and risks from maintenance activities - complete with copyright-free questionnaires etc. Resources Briefing note no 3 Humans and risk Briefing note no 6 Maintenance error Extract from inspe
Membership Information centre Events Education/Careers Training Technical activities Branches network External/Media relations ›Home›Technical activities›Human and organisational factors›Human factors - Top ten issues›Human factors - Top ten - 10. Managing human failure (including maintenance error) Human factors - Top ten - http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/errors.htm 10. Managing human failure (including maintenance error) 10. Managing human failure (including maintenance error)DefinitionHuman failure that lead to immediate or latent unsafe conditions, for example in maintenance.ConsequencesCan include loss of containment, process integrity, or failure in service or on demand https://www.energyinst.org/technical/human-and-organisational-factors/human-factors-top-ten/human-factors-top-ten-managing-human-failure of plant and equipment.Introductory resources Human factors briefing note no. 4: Maintenance, Energy Institute (2011) (http://www.energyinst.org.uk/humanfactors/bn). Human factors briefing note no. 12: Human Error and Non-Compliance, Energy Institute (2011) (http://www.energyinst.org.uk/humanfactors/bn). Human factors briefing note no. 13: Human Reliability Analysis, Energy Institute (2011)(http://www.energyinst.org.uk/humanfactors/bn). Managing Human Performance, Briefing Note 3, Humans and Risk,HSE (2004) (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/briefingnotes.htm). Managing Human Performance, Briefing Note 12, Human Factors in the MAPP,HSE (2004) (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/briefingnotes.htm). Human Factors Topic Area: Human Reliability, Human Error and System Failures,HSE (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/index.htm) (See topic, ‘Managing human failures’).Human Factors: Inspectors’ Human Factors Toolkit: Identifying Human Failures,HSE (2004) (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/toolkit.htm). Human Factors: Inspectors’ Human Factors Toolkit: Maintenance Error,HSE (2004) (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/toolkit.htm). Reducing error and influencing behaviour, HS(G)48, HSE Books (1999) ISBN 0 7176 2452 8
L'erreur humaine Learning from incidents and accidents Near misses Organisational measures of accident prevention Zero accident vision Simo Salminen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health https://oshwiki.eu/wiki/Human_error Contents 1 Introduction 2 Definition of human error 3 Identification of human error 3.1 Accidents are rare 3.2 Human factor 3.3 Cognitive failures 4 Factors leading to human errors 5 Organizational factors behind human error 6 Human error and accidents 7 Prevention of human error 7.1 Staying focused 7.2 Avoiding stress 7.3 Conclusion 8 References Introduction Human error is often cited as human error a cause of accidents, when all other factors have been eliminated. This does not mean that human error cannot be investigated by scientific principles. In fact, today, there is considerable interest in researching human error [1]. The aim of this article is to describe human errors and their relationships with occupational accidents. Definition of human error The aim of this chapter is how to reduce to define what is considered as “human error”. Another, the aim is to compare the traditional and modern views of human error. It is very difficult to provide a satisfactory definition of human errors [2] as they are often a result of a complicated sequence of events and therefore an elusive phenomenon to analyse. However, Reason [3] has defined “human error” in the following way: "Error will be taken as a generic term to encompass all those occasions in which a planned sequence of mental or physical activities fails to achieve its intended outcome, and when these failures cannot be attributed to the intervention of some chance agency." On the other hand, it has been said that to err (i.e. to make mistakes) is human. Human error is an element that cannot be totally eliminated, but if the typical errors are identified, most of them can also be prevented. According to the traditional viewpoint, human error is a cause of failure and accident. According to a new philosophical approach, human error is a symptom of failure, which reflects the deeper problems existing in a sys
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