Human Factors RECAP

What is Human Factors

• Issues of people behavior

• Environment affecting people doing their tasks, jobs or work

• issues affecting people doing their jobs, tasks or work

What are the top 2 contributing factors that lead people to do errors or mistakes that cause accidents?

• Environment/Facilities & Job/Tasks

• Information & Communication

• Leadership & Supervision

Error Management Strategies:

Before doing any task, we should consider

• What are the consequences if we make errors

• Take appropriate actions to reduce errors

• Both are correct

What is causal factors?

• Act initiating for an accident

• error is from the point of view of the whole system and human is a part of the system

• Errors that lay dormant for a long time

Elements Contributing Towards a

Good Safety Culture

• Practical support to enable the workforce to do their jobs safely, in terms of training, planning, resources, workable procedures, etc…

• A just culture and open reporting, organisation should act reasonably and avoid action that may inhibit reporting

• Practise what preached & encourage good safety practices & willingness to learn and change when necessary

• All the above

What is the term called a mistakes due deliberate departure from procedures?

• Slips

• Lapses

• Situational

• Violations

What is Latent Failures

• Failures due to fatigue

• Errors that lay dormant for long time

• Failures due missed actions and omissions

System error is from the point of view of the whole system and human is a part of the system

• False

• True

Medication such as Anti-histamines & Cough suppressants can cause

• suppress alertness

• dangerous OVERCONFIDENCE

• drowsiness

• slow reactions & dull senses

What are possible causes for this incident to happen?

A. Lack of knowledge

B. Distraction

C. Lack of awareness

D. Lack of teamwork

• A & B

• A, C, & D

• B & C