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Much of the petroleum and allied industries' improved safety performance over the last twenty years has been achieved by enhanced engineering design and equipment, and latterly through safety management systems. However, there is less scope for further improvement in those areas such that safety performance is reaching a plateau. Human factors is attracting increasing interest as it offers the possibility for delivering the next step change in improved safety performance. Many of the key human factors issues are of particular relevance to petroleum and allied industry operations.
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 To encourage information sharing on the successful application of human factors methodologies to petroleum and allied industries operations, a series of Safety information bulletins has been established, based on:
- Lessons learned from incidents or near misses;
- New methods of working; or,
- Novel human factors techniques
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- Introductory information
- Developing guidance
- Sleep contracts research
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Refining Human Factors: analysis of the human factors issues in the Baker and CSB reports, set against the key human factors issues used by the HOFWG.
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Human factors consultants listed on Member Consultant database
One benefit of EI membership is registration of capabilities on the Member Consultant list. This facility has been extended to include the categories 'human factors', 'human reliability' and 'ergonomics', so that consultants offering a service to the energy industry can be readily identified.
The Member Consultant list is maintained by the EI Library and Information Service who should be contacted by those wishing to register their capabilities. | |
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New: Guidance on managing human factors in decommissioning
Decommissioning a power plant is a potentially hazardous process. This guidance aims to steer the user through the types of human factors considerations that should be taken into account during the various phases of decommissioning a facility. The example given is of a nuclear power plant; however, whilst the decommissioning phases, activities and terminology used are nuclear specific, most are also relevant across wider energy industry sectors.
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NEW – EI Training courses on Human Factors Essentials
Basic Human Factors Awareness
19 July 2010 - London
This one day training course provides an essential overview of the role of human and organisational factors (HOF) in the energy sector and allied industries. The workshop will examine the environmental, organisational and job factors, and human and individual characteristics which influence behaviour at work in a way which can affect health and safety. Delegates will learn how they can improve procedures, conditions and performance in their own work place.
Human Factors Incident & Accident Investigation & Analysis
20-21 July 2010 – London
This two day training workshop will focus on the analysis of incidents and accidents and will clarify the process of identifying root causes using practical examples. The workshop will provide an overview of available analysis methods and the application of these to identify the underlying management and organisational deficiencies responsible.
Please click here for more details or contact Will Sadler on wsadler@energyinst.org or 020 7467 7135.
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New: Human failure types
An interactive e-learning tool exploring the different types of human failure, and providing guidance on how to handle such failures.
‘Human error’ is not an adequate description of human failure in behavioural and process safety – it is important to understand the different types of human failures and their causes in order to minimise those failures.
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Research news: There are currently two PhD studentships being completed:
- Learning from incidents: A social approach to reducing incidents in the workplace - investigating and developing new approaches to enhancing learning from health and safety incidents in the industrial workplace.
- The influence of senior management on safety performance: Differentiating the good from the great safety leaders - the resilience of senior managers to maintain an appropriate prioritisation of safety against competing business drivers.
For more information on this research click here.
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Incident and accident investigation and analysis
New guidance on investigating and analysing human and organisational factors aspects of incidents and accidents.
Simply attributing incidents/accidents to human error is not adequate; human factors aspects should be investigated such that lessons are learned to prevent recurrence.
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Hearts and Minds Programme
The Hearts and Minds programme was developed by Shell Exploration & Production and is based on research with leading universities. The programme uses a range of tools and techniques to help the organisation involve all staff in managing SHE as an integral part of their business.
The state of the art Toolkit is now available to those outside the Shell Group, thanks to a publishing agreement between the Energy Institute and Shell. |
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Top Ten Human Factors Issues facing Major Hazard Sites
The listing of resources in support of HSE's top ten human factors issues facing major hazards sites has been updated. Providing for each issue a definition and the consequences of failing to manage it adequately, it now includes recently published introductory resources, practical tools or advanced resources. In addition, the listing has been reformatted to assist users. | |
