Checking, checks, second checks, double checks and independent checks
In this deep dive, we explore the critical role of checking in detecting and correcting errors, especially in safety-critical industries.
Human Factors Regulations in Singapore: A comparison with the UK
In 2017, Singapore introduced the Safety Case Regime under the Workplace Safety and Health (Major Hazards Installations) Regulations, marking a pivotal step toward strengthening safety at facilities handling hazardous substances. This approach aligns closely with the UK’s HF Delivery Guide under the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations.
Human Performance Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: A Regulatory Innovation?
In the pharmaceutical sector, human error isn’t just a “mistake”—it can affect patient safety, production and quality.
Human Factors for Biological Containment Labs
Biological containment labs handle some of the most dangerous pathogens, yet human error remains a critical risk factor in their operations.
Incident Investigation: Swimlanes & Sequentially Timed Events Plotting (STEP)
Lydea’s latest blog uncovers Swimlane diagrams as a powerful tool for incident investigation. Featuring a detailed case study on the AB Specialty Silicones explosion in 2019, learn how this tool can map out complex processes, identify latent conditions and active failures, and enhance your understanding of critical events.
CAPA Culture and systems: Organisational learning in pharmaceutical manufacture
At HRA, we have found that reporting culture isn’t quite as healthy as we might hope, both in healthcare and other industries.
SCTA Workflow: Where the rubber hits the Human Factors Roadmap
Following her last blog, Lydea shows how the SCTA process can be used as a way to implement the HF Roadmap in practice
In Praise of Positive PIFs (Performance Influencing Factors) in Human Factors Risk Assessments
Performance Influencing Factors (PIFs) are factors that can increase or decrease the likelihood of human error occurring. Negative PIFs increase the likelihood of error; positive PIFs decrease the likelihood of error.
Organisational learning – how mature is your organisation?
Following his last blog on safety culture in healthcare, Steve describes the traits of a healthy reporting culture, its impact on organisational learning and the need to adopt a proactive approach to risk and safety.
Safety culture? What’s the point?
“Safety culture” is something that many will have heard of. But what is safety culture? Is it important for actual safety outcomes – or is it an entirely academic matter, with no relation to how things work in your organisation? Does having a positive culture make any difference in the real world?
