Hse 48 Human Error
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started Human factor Topics Managing human failures Human errors Incident investigation Procedures Training and competence Staffing Staffing levels Workload Supervision Contractors Organisational change Safety critical communications Shift http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg48.htm 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 http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/humanfail.htm content Manual handling & MSDs Stress Display Screen Equipment Violence Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) Human factors: Managing human failures Everyone can make errors no matter how well trained and motivated they are. However in the workplace, the consequences of such human failure can be severe. Analysis of accidents and incidents shows that human failure contributes to almost all accidents and exposures to substances hazardous to health. Many major accidents e.g. Texas City, Piper Alpha, Chernobyl, were initiated by human failure. In order to avoid accidents and ill-health, companies need to manage human failure as robustly as the technical and engineering measures they use for that purpose. The challenge is to develop error tolerant systems and to prevent errors from initiating; to manage human error proactively it should be addressed as part of the risk assessment process, where: Significant potential human errors are identified, Those factors that make errors more or less likely are identified (such as poor design, distraction, time pressure, workload, competence, morale,
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