Health and Safety Executive guidelines to using human factors in the workplace

Summary

The Health and Safety Executive have taken a topic-focused approach to human factors. These topics have proven to be key issues based on research, consultation with industry and intermediaries, and inspection experience. 

Content

What can I learn?

• Managing human failures
• Staffing
• Fatigue and shiftwork
• Safety critical communications
• Human factors in design
• Procedures
• Competence
• Organisational change
• Organisational culture
• Maintenance, inspection and testing