Human factors - Top ten - 9. Integration of human factors into risk assessment and investigations (including Safety Management Systems)

9. Integration of human factors into risk assessment and investigations (including Safety Management Systems)

Definition
Positioning human factors at the core of design, development, operation and investigation so that human factors is embedded in the activity throughout the lifecycle.

Consequences
Higher operational costs, poor usability and a higher cost of adding human factors later.

Introductory resources

Human factors briefing note no. 9: Safety culture, Energy Institute (2011), (http://www.energyinst.org.uk/humanfactors/bn).
Human factors briefing note no. 17: Performance Indicators, Energy Institute (2011), (http://www.energyinst.org.uk/humanfactors/bn).
Human factors briefing note no. 20: Occupational Safety vs Process Safety, Energy Institute (2011), (http://www.energyinst.org.uk/humanfactors/bn).
Guidance on investigating and analysing human and organisational factors aspects of incidents and accidents, Energy Institute (2008), ISBN 978 0 85293 521 7, (http://www.energyinst.org.uk).
Managing human performance, Briefing note 3, Humans and risk, HSE (2004), (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/briefingnotes.htm).
Human factors topic area: Human factors in design, HSE, (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/index.htm) (See topic, ‘Human factors in design’).
Inspectors’ human factors toolkit: Identifying Human Failures, HSE (2004) (http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/toolkit.htm).
Investigating accidents and incidents, HSE HS(G)245, HSE Books (2004), ISBN 0 7176 2827 2 (http://www.hsebooks.com).
Successful health and safety management, HSE HS(G)65, HSE Books (2000), ISBN 0 7176 1276 7 (http://www.hsebooks.com).
Development of human factors methods and associated standards for major hazard industries, HSE RR 081, HSE Books (2003), ISBN 0 7176 2678 4 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
Five steps to risk assessment, Leaflet INDG163 Rev. 2. (2006), HSE Books, ISBN 0 7176 6189 X, (http://www.hsebooks.com).

Practical tools

Safety Videos/DVDs, US Chemical Safety Board (http://www.chemsafety.gov/).

Advanced resources

Human factors guidance for selecting appropriate maintenance strategies for safety in the offshore oil and gas industry, HSE RR 213, HSE Books (2004), ISBN 0 7176 2839 6 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
Factoring the human into safety: Translating research into practice, Executive summary HSE RR 062, HSE Books (2003), ISBN 0 7176 62698 9. (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
Human factors integration: Implementation in the onshore and offshore industries, HSE RR 001, HSE Books (2002), ISBN 0 7176 2529 X (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
Investigating chemical process incidents, Second edition, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2003), AIChemE, Park Avenue, New York 10016-5991, ISBN 0-8169-0897-4 (http://www.aiche.org/).
Root causes analysis: Literature review, Contract Research, HSE (2001), Report 325/2001 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/publish.htm).
Barriers and accident pevention, Hollnagel, E. (2004), École des Mines de Paris–Pôle Cindyniques, France, ISBN 978-0-7546-4301-2.
Investigating human error: Incidents, accidents and complex systems, Strauch, B. (2004), Ashgate, ISBN 978-0-7546-4122-3

To learn how to use these pages please see www.energyinst.org/humanfactors/topten

Users are of this document are encouraged to provide feedback on the applicability of the resources listed (e.g. successes in using them or limitations to their applicability) and to identify additional resources to supplement the listing.

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Human factors - Top ten - 9. Integration of human factors into risk assessment and investigations (including Safety Management Systems)

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