Chapter 4 Incorporating human risk factors into organizational performance
“Human Factors”
Managing risk through human factors can take many forms; managing the risks associated with equipment that is not designed with the user in mind; managing the risk that an operator or maintainer will perform in a way that was not anticipated; managing the risk that changes made to the organization at the micro- or macro-level will impact on the performance of individuals or the organization as a whole.1
This description of human risk factors is a segment of the abstract from a book titled Human Factors in the Chemical and Process Industries (Elsevier 2016, pp. 73–91), where the author, R. Chaife, goes on to provide example ...
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