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The human Factor in Industrial Safety

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 040-0924/02
Abbreviation LFvPB
Course title The human Factor in Industrial Safety
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator RNDr. Stanislav Malý, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Methods for 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 the industry, motivational approaches to optimize the performance of the human factor.

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.