040-0924/02 – The human Factor in Industrial Safety (LFvPB)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Occupational and Process SafetyCredits10
Subject guarantorRNDr. Stanislav Malý, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorRNDr. Stanislav Malý, Ph.D.
Study levelpostgraduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
YearSemesterwinter + summer
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2021/2022Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFBIIntended for study typesDoctoral
Instruction secured by
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MAL367 RNDr. Stanislav Malý, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Examination 20+0
Part-time Examination 20+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The Human Factor alias The Human Factor (various sources use both of these Czech terms) is a term that addresses the role of a person within a functional system. Thus, as we recognize the performance and reliability of the technical part of the technical agent system), we recognize the performance and reliability of the human part of the system (the human factor). After a very long period of development, man-made systems mainly addressed the performance and reliability of technology, while the performance and reliability of man was solved only marginally. This subject aims at introducing to students of doctoral study the importance of human performance and the failure of a human factor in the efficiency and reliability of man-made systems where the direct failure of a human agent currently represents at least three quarters of all failures. Students will learn about important aspects of human performance, the main sources of human factor failure and, above all, measures that can reduce the risk of unwanted consequences of these failures in industrial safety.

Teaching methods

Individual consultations

Summary

Basic knowledge about the human factor and its failure, which are the most important cause of adverse events in industrial safety. Number of events are broadly characterized, from simple accidents up to major industrial accidents with far-reaching consequences. Many of these industrial accidents have an impact not only on the interior of the company, but also on the surroundings of the plant and its population (accidents with chemical substances, accidents at nuclear facilities, etc.). The study will deal with, among other things: The method of assessing the impact of HF Error theories (identification of errors and their causes, methodology, probability of HF error), reliability of HF and methods of evaluation of factors influencing the reliability of HF in complex work systems, personality determinants as a basis for the reliability of human performance, ergonomics as a science of man in work systems, task analyzes, hierarchical models of causality of industrial accidents, risk factors of industry, motivational approaches to optimize LF performance.

Compulsory literature:

REASON, J.: Human error, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2009, 302 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-30669-0. GERTMAN, D. I.; BLACKMAN, H. S. Human reliability and safety analysis data handbook, John Wiley and Sons, New York,1994, 448 pp.

Recommended literature:

KIRWAN, B. A guide to practical human reliability assessment, Tailor and Francis, UK, 1994, 592 pp. Kletz, T.: An Engineer's View of Human Error 3rd ed (2001) IChemE, ISBN 0-85295-430-1. BRIDGES, W. and TEW, R.: Human Factors Elements Missing from Process Safety Management (PSM), Process Improvement Institute, Knoxville, TN 37922 USA, 2010, 24 pp.

Additional study materials

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Individuální konzultace ke studované problematice, ústní zkouška.

E-learning

Other requirements

No additional requirements.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Methods for assessing the impact of the human factor and the theory of mistakes (identification of errors and their causes, methodology, the probability of human error), reliability of human factors and methods of evaluation of factors affecting the reliability of the human factor in complex work systems, personality determinants as the basis for the reliability of human performance, ergonomics as the science of man in work systems, a task analysis, hierarchical models of causality industrial accidents, risk factors for the industry, motivational approaches to optimize the performance of the human factor.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2021/2022 Winter semester)
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Examination Examination   3
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