Workplace safety methods focus on controls implementation, while Human Operational Performance Theory (HOPT) focuses on risk reduction and safety improvement. Safety in industries such as energy, ...
University of Houston professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Weihang Zhu is spearheading an effort to redefine ...
As industrial systems evolve toward greater automation, effective safety depends on organizational design, human performance and vigilance.
Even with better technology and regulations, human behavior remains the leading cause of workplace incidents. Here’s what safety leaders need to understand—and fix—in 2026. As occupational safety ...
The University of Strathclyde has encouraged ship operators, safety professionals and accident investigators to use the Safety Human Incident & Error Learning ...
Human error, wrote James Reason, is both universal and inevitable. The principles are so important that the famed human factors specialist listed them at the top of ...
Workplace safety, and indeed production plants, have been designed for employees who are consistently operating at the top of their game. The problem? That’s not a relatable, or sustainable, way for ...
Tesla’s latest crash statistics paint a counterintuitive picture: even as its Autopilot system faces high profile failures and federal scrutiny, the raw numbers still suggest that human drivers are ...
As a human factors safety expert, James Reason contributed to a number of training videos. Credit: International Federation of Airworthiness Some of the most influential concepts in aviation accident ...