Designing for human reliability : human factors engineering in the oil, gas, and process industries /
References; Part 2: The scope and value of human factors engineering; References; Chapter 4: An introduction to HFE; The HFE star; A dual fatality offshore; The driller; The objectives of HFE; Being able to move about easily, efficiently and safely; Getting the eyes, hands and ears ``on-task´´; Bein...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Waltham, MA :
Gulf Professional Publishing,
2015.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Designing for Human Reliability: Human Factors Engineering in the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Why is this news?; On my opinions; Reference; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; What is reliable human performance?; People are, usually, reliable; Three approaches to ensuring human reliability; Design-induced human unreliability; Investigating the human contribution to incidents; Purpose; Organization of the book; References; Part 1: Local rationality at the Formosa Plastics Corporation; The principle of Local Rationality.
- Chapter 5: Costs and benefits of human factors engineeringThe costs of design-induced human unreliability; Ask your operators; Perspectives on the costs and benefits of HFE; The project perspective; The owner's perspective; Experience; Human reliability and production; Human error in maintenance; An example: Before and after HFE; How much does it cost to implement an HFE program?; Timing and personnel costs; Non-personnel costs; Summary; References; Chapter 6: Hard truths and principles of human factors engineering; The principles of HFE; Hard truths of human performance.
- Hard truth 1: Human performance is situationalHard truth 2: Design influences behavior; Take the high road ... ; People are social and tribal; Hard truth 3: People will find the easy way; Affordances and signifiers; Cognitive compatibility; HFE issues with duplex filters; Operators sometimes misunderstand the status of equipment; Summary; References; Chapter 7: Critical tasks; The nature of ``tasks´´; Describing tasks; Critical tasks; An example of a critical task; Summary; References; Chapter 8: HFE and weak signals; The characteristics of weak signals; Types of weak signals.