The Shift from System to Individual in Safety Approaches

I found these extracts interesting from Foundations of Safety Science – summarising some key developments and interpretations from over a century of safety-scientific approaches. They observe that despite a myriad of approaches, and developments, “almost every approach seems to end up reverting, one way or another, to the people who work in that system”. As… Continue reading The Shift from System to Individual in Safety Approaches

System factors “behind human error”

The below images are really just an index from the book “Behind Human Error” – but nicely summarises some key concepts. The meaning of most items are obvious but I’ll explain some of the less obvious statements. #2 about erroneous assessments/actions being heterogenous indicates that performance is contextual, so grouping everything under a neat label… Continue reading System factors “behind human error”