Principles for managing barriers in the petroleum industry – the Norwegian approach. Here’s some extract from this 40 page guide: · Barriers are “measures intended to detect failure, hazard and accident situations at an early stage, reduce their potential for propagating and limit harm and disruption” · “No matter how safely and robustly we design and operate… Continue reading Principles for managing barriers in the petroleum industry
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Missing focus on Human Factors – organizational and cognitive ergonomics – in the safety management for the petroleum industry
This article explored the application of HF/E in Norwegian petroleum industry (as of 2017). Some of the results were pretty interesting, and representative of elsewhere. Findings: · “results revealed an immature focus and organization of Human Factors” · “Expertise on organizational ergonomics and cognitive ergonomics are missing from companies and safety authorities and are poorly prioritized during… Continue reading Missing focus on Human Factors – organizational and cognitive ergonomics – in the safety management for the petroleum industry
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