November Chapter meeting: Human Factors Analysis and Classification System: Part Three

  •  November 14, 2019
     11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Topic: Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS). Part three of a three-part series for September, October and November meetings.

Speaker: Dr. Paris Stringfellow, Ph.D.Program Director for the Risk Engineering and System Analytics Center (RESA) Clemson University

The learning objective is to describe and identify human error as a part of the human experience and its application to the workplace in incident prevention

Human error is a known contributor to at least 80% of workplace accidents and incidents. The challenge for many safety professionals is that human error remediation depends explicitly on what type and how the error occurred. The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) is an established tool based on Reason’s Swiss Cheese Model of accident causation that can be used to help companies better understand how an accident occurred. It considers the unsafe acts of the worker (i.e. types of human error), as well as the latent and underlying conditions that contributed to the event. The framework has been used for over twenty years to help improve safety and operational quality in a variety of industries ranging from aviation, mining, construction, health care, manufacturing and maintenance. Dr. Paris Stringfellow will review the HFACS framework and potential applications toward workplace safety management in a three-part series.

Part III of the series will demonstrate the application of HFACS toward quantitative risk reduction through data collection, monitoring and analysis. Stringfellow will review current research efforts toward the development of a predictive model for human error and discuss methods and techniques for implementing a similar approach in your own organization.

Michael Gibson is a Senior Human Factors Engineer with BMT and has over 25 years of experience providing human factors expertise and services for a variety of automotive clients such as General Motors and Volvo Trucks, nuclear energy and military and governmental clients. He holds a M.S.I.E in Industrial and Systems Engineering (Human Factors) and a B. Arch., both from Virginia Tech. Mr. Gibson has applied his design and engineering background to enhance the design, assembly, serviceability and maintainability of equipment and controls on commercial trucks, automobiles, and watercraft.

 

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