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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

The human factor in industrial safety

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 040-0913/01
Abbreviation LFPB
Course title The human factor in industrial safety
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Stanislav Malý

Course aims

The most important causes of adverse events in the industry : these events occur in a wide range from simple injuries to individuals to accidents with consequences of weapons of mass destruction and have an impact not only on the workers of the plant , but also the population over a wide area ( chemical accidents , accidents in nuclear facilities etc.). The study will deal with :
- Ways of assessing the impact of the human factor and the theory of mistakes (identification of errors and their causes,
- Methodology, the probability of human error )
- Reliability of human factors and methods of evaluation of factors affecting the reliability of the human factor in complex work systems
- Personality determinants as the basis for the reliability of human performance ,
- Ergonomics as the science of man in work systems
- A task analysis ,
- Hierarchical models of causality industrial accidents ,
- Risk factors for industry
- Motivational approaches to optimize the performance of the human factor.

Literature

AICHE. Guidelines for preventing human error in process safety, AICHE-CCPS, New York, 1994, 390 stran.

GERTMAN, D. I.; BLACKMAN, H. S. Human reliability and safety analysis data handbook, John Wiley and Sons, New York,1994, 448 stran.

KIRWAN, B. A guide to practical human reliability assessment, Tailor and Francis, UK, 1994, 592 stran.

Advised literature

there are no other requirements for literature