High reliability process industries: Individual, micro, and macro organizational influences on safety performance

Hofmann, David A.; Jacobs, Ronald L.; Landy, Frank J.

doi:10.1016/0022-4375(95)00011-e

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“…Allahyari, Rangi, Khosravi, et al criticized self-reporting because the obtained data were imprecise because of memory distortions and anonymity, social desirability bias in responses and confidentiality issues [17]. However, some studies showed that self-reporting errors and accidents was reliable and accurate [12,29,30].…”

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Occupational Cognitive Failure and Its Relationship With Unsafe Behaviors and Accidents

Hassanzadeh‐Rangi

Farshad

Khosravi

et al. 2014

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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“…Road traffic injuries are the third leading cause of death in Iran, and the rate of road accidents is 20 times over the world's average [2]. Mortality rate of road traffic injuries in Iran is the highest in the world (30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40) per 100 000 population) [3].…”

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Occupational Cognitive Failure and Its Relationship With Unsafe Behaviors and Accidents

Hassanzadeh‐Rangi

Farshad

Khosravi

et al. 2014

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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“…From a system perspective (Hofmann et al, 1995;Hollnagel, 2004;Reason, 2008) Accordingly, Buffardi et al (2000) found a systematic relationship between ability requirements for tasks in nuclear power plants and human error probabilities. However, specific knowledge about the ability requirements for control room staff in nuclear power plants has so far been lacking.…”

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“…To describe nuclear accident sequences, a system perspective including both human errors and technical system components as well as the organizational context seems to be most appropriate (e.g., Hofmann et al, 1995). From such a perspective, various factors are important to avoid accidents.…”

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“…However, as noted above, a system perspective including both human errors and technical system components as well as the organizational context seems to be most appropriate (e.g., Hofmann et al, 1995;Hollnagel, 2004;Reason, 2008). Thus, future research is needed to investigate the interplay of these different factors.…”

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Job requirements for control room jobs in nuclear power plants

2011

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Together with other variables, human factors play a central role in the safety of highly complex technical systems such as nuclear power plants. However, despite the unquestionable importance of human factors, little information is available about relevant ability requirements for control room jobs in nuclear power plants. The purpose of this study was to close this gap, to provide specific information about ability requirements for such jobs, and to evaluate how several hypothesized factors (ability domain, type of job, and operating condition) contribute to ability requirements. We found that high levels of cognitive as well as social/interpersonal abilities are needed for control room jobs, and that ability requirements increase with the hierarchical job level for these two domains but decrease for psychomotor/physical abilities and for sensory/perceptual abilities. Furthermore, specifically concerning jobs with a leadership function, we found some differences between incidents and normal operations regarding requirements for social/interpersonal abilities, indicating that the former require a different leadership style than the latter. Together with other variables, human factors play a central role in the safety of highly complex technical systems such as nuclear power plants. However, despite the unquestionable importance of human factors, little information is available about relevant ability requirements for control room jobs in nuclear power plants. The purpose of this study was to close this gap, to provide specific information about ability requirements for such jobs, and to evaluate how several hypothesized factors (ability domain, type of jobs, and operating conditions) contribute to ability requirements. We found that high levels of cognitive as well as social/interpersonal abilities are needed for control room jobs, and that ability requirements increase with the hierarchical job level for these two domains but decrease for psychomotor/physical abilities and for sensory/perceptual abilities. Furthermore, specifically concerning jobs with a leadership function, we found some differences between incidents and normal operations regarding requirements for social/interpersonal abilities, indicating that the former require a different leadership style than the latter.

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