Handbook of human factors in litigation /
Using ergonomics in forensics can help prevent the recurrence of system failures through engineering or administrative controls. It can also raise the level of concern among professionals and the public regarding product, workplace, and service safety due to perceived exposure to liability. Even wit...
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Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Contents; 1 The Discipline of Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics; 2 Preparing and Presenting Evidence in Court; 3 Presenting Behavioral Science Data as Legal Evidence: Legal Standards that the Ergonomic and Human Factors Expert Needs to Know; 4 Practical Ethics for the Expert Witness in Ergonomics and Human Factors Forensic Cases; 5 A Road Map for the Practice of Forensic Human Factors and Ergonomics; 6 Can Training for Safe Practices Reduce the Risk of Organizational Liability?; 7 The Influence of Daubert on Expert Witness Testimony-The Human Factors Context
- 8 Reconstructing Situated Performance in Human Error Investigations9 Causation Issues in Workers' Compensation; 10 Legal Issues in Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: a European Perspective from the U.K.; 11 Age and Functioning in the Legal System: Victims, Witnesses, and Jurors; 12 Memory for Conversation on Trial; 13 Human Factors in Traffic Crashes; 14 Estimating Driver Response Times; 15 Pedestrian Injury Issues in Litigation 1; 16 Pedestrian Accidents in Traffic 1; 17 Commercial Motor Vehicle Collisions; 18 Human Factors Issues in Motorcycle Collisions
- 19 Perceptual-Cognitive and Biomechanical Factors in Pedestrian Falls20 Measurement in Pedestrian Falls; 21 Balcony Falls; 22 Preplacement Strength and Capacity Assessment for Manual Materials Handling Jobs; 23 Identifying the Real Issues in Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders; 24 Exercise Injuries: Human Factors in Fitness Facilities; 25 Preventing "Accidental" Injury: Accountability for Safer Products by Anticipating Product Risks and User Behaviors; 26 Human Factors Issues to Be Considered by Product Liability Experts; 27 Products Liability Law: What Engineering Experts Need to Know
- 28 Human-Centric Approach to Forensic Analysis for System Liability29 Product Liability for the Human Factors Practitioner; 30 The Warning Expert; 31 Effectiveness of Consumer Product Warnings: Design and Forensic Considerations; 32 Legibility of Warnings in Color; 33 A Human Factors View of Product Liability and Malpractice Litigation; 34 The Impact of Shiftwork on Manufacturing and Transportation Workers; 35 Preschoolers, Adolescents, and Seniors: Age-Related Factors Pertaining to Forensic Human Factors Analyses; 36 Sexual Harassment: A Forensic Human Factors Perspective
- 37 Health Care Forensics38 A Guide to Forensic Human Factors Terminology ; Index