Human and organizational factors of safety: state of the art

Considered as the ‘bible’ of human and organizational factors of safety (HOF), this comprehensive report addresses all of the major concepts in relation to safety: ergonomics, cognitive psychology, social psychology, the sociology of organizations, etc.  The aim is to ensure that HOF are an integral part of day-to-day professional life, and risk management.

| Contents |

• Manufacturing safety
• From ‘behavior’ to activity
• The working environment influences behaviour
• Human operators are different and variable
• The brain and human reasoning
• Work groups
• Human error: an inadequate explanation
• The health of employees and the health of the organization
• The organization: its strengths and weaknesses
• Safety culture
• The keys HOF points of industrial safety