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The human Factor in Industrial Safety

Summary

Basic knowledge about the human factor and its failure, which are the most important cause of adverse events in industrial safety. Number of events are broadly characterized, from simple accidents up to major industrial accidents with far-reaching consequences. Many of these industrial accidents have an impact not only on the interior of the company, but also on the surroundings of the plant and its population (accidents with chemical substances, accidents at nuclear facilities, etc.). The study will deal with, among other things: The method of assessing the impact of HF
Error theories (identification of errors and their causes, methodology, probability of HF error), reliability of HF and methods of evaluation of factors influencing the reliability of HF in complex work systems, personality determinants as a basis for the reliability of human performance, ergonomics as a science of man in work systems,
task analyzes, hierarchical models of causality of industrial accidents, risk factors of industry, motivational approaches to optimize LF performance.

Literature

REASON, J.: Human error, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2009, 302 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-30669-0.
GERTMAN, D. I.; BLACKMAN, H. S. Human reliability and safety analysis data handbook, John Wiley and Sons, New York,1994, 448 pp.

Advised literature

KIRWAN, B. A guide to practical human reliability assessment, Tailor and Francis, UK, 1994, 592 pp.
Kletz, T.: An Engineer's View of Human Error 3rd ed (2001) IChemE, ISBN 0-85295-430-1 .
BRIDGES, W. and TEW, R.: Human Factors Elements Missing from Process Safety Management (PSM), Process Improvement Institute, Knoxville, TN 37922 USA, 2010, 24 pp.


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 040-0924
Abbreviation LFvPB
Course title The human Factor in Industrial Safety
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator RNDr. Stanislav Malý, Ph.D.