Whose fault is it anyway? A practical illustration of human factors in process safety

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 127-132

  Hughes, Gareth ^a   Kornowa Weichel, Megan ^b  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

^b Advanced Control Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Human error; Human factors; Predictive human error analysis; Process safety management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ERROR ANALYSIS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY;

HUMAN ERRORS; PROCESS SAFETY; SYSTEM SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS;

DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; ERROR; HUMAN FACTOR; PROCESS CONTROL; SAFETY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FATIGUE; FITNESS; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CAUSALITY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 7044235682     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2004.06.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Health & Safety Executive, HSG48, Reducing Error and Influencing Behaviour, HSE Books, 1999.
2. Reason (1990) as quoted in B. Kirwan, A Guide to Practical Human Reliability Assessment, Taylor and Francis, 1994.
3. Advisory Council on Science and Technology, People, technology, and organizations: the application of human factors and organization design, 1993.