Preventing Human Error

Human errors refer to the environmental, organisational and job factors, and humanand individual characteristics which influence the behaviour at work in a way which canaffect an organisation’s health and safety performance. A simple way to view humanerror is to think about three aspects: the job, the individual and the organisation andhow they interact to impact on health and safety related human behavior.

• Explain the various human error analysis techniques and how they can be used
• Show how human behaviour can lead to human errors and incidents/accidents
• Provide practical ideas and methods for observing and preventing human errors
• Review practical case studies to show how other organisation have used human
• Error analysis techniques to prevent human errors in the workplace

• Individuals who have responsibilities for assessing and controlling an organisation’s potential workplace and work task risks
• Production, process, maintenance, health, safety and environment personnel

• Introduction to human error
• Workplace
• And accidents
• And procedures

• Presentation & Slides
• Audio Visual Aids
• Interactive Discussion
• Participatory Exercise
• Action Learning
• Class Activities
• Case Studies
• Workshops
• Simulation