HUMAN FACTORS ASSESSMENT

Do you know how your staff will behave if something abnormal occurs on the plant?

Do you know what the hazards and consequences could be of human action or inaction?

Are you aware of the different factors which influence behaviour at work?

Can you identify your critical tasks and link them to your major accident scenarios?

Human factors are not random; there are patterns to them. Given that the factors influencing human performance can be identified, assessed and managed, then potential human failures can also be predicted and managed. We can tackle error reduction in a structured and proactive way, with as much rigour as the technical aspects of safety and make it an integral part of the safety management system.

We have extensive experience in these issues and can help you by:

• > Employing both qualitative and quantitative human reliability assessments (Human HAZOPs)
• > Feeding the results of assessments into traditional engineering risk assessment tools and
     methodologies such as event and fault trees
• > Developing procedures for safety critical operations