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Human Factors GATEWAY Approach: Leveraging SCTA Outputs to Identify HF Issues in Related Tasks

This blog introduces the Human Factors GATEWAY (Generic Audit Tool Exercise to Widen and Accelerate Yield) approach. This extends Safety...

Advanced, MANAGEMENT, Process Industries, SCTA

Near Miss Management: Formative ideas for a book chapter

I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to contribute a chapter in a book about Near Miss Management. I’ll mainly...

Advanced, Incident Investigation, Process Industries

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...

Human Error, Incident Investigation, Intermediate, Process Industries, Research, SHERPA Software, Task Analysis

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...

Beginner, CAPA, Culture, Human Error, MANAGEMENT, Medical Devices, Pharma

SYSTEMS Critical Task Analysis (SCTA): A Case Study for Quality Improvement (QI)

This is our latest blog post on SYSTEMS Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) and how it can enhance Quality Improvement (QI)....

Beginner, Pharma, SCTA

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...

Beginner, Human Error, HUMAN FACTORS, MANAGEMENT, Power Generation, Process Industries, SCTA, Task Analysis

Critical Competences: SCTA & risk-informed competence standards

Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) is a well-established process in the UK onshore and offshore petrochemical and oil and gas...

Competency, Intermediate, MANAGEMENT, Process Industries, SCTA, SHERPA Software

SHERPA: Innovative Software for HFI in Defence (Part 1)

Mary Goode recently joined HRA to develop and manage our accounts in the Defence sector. Mary has worked in Defence...

Defence, SHERPA Software, Task Analysis

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...

Advanced, Human Error, SCTA

Navigating the Human Factors Roadmap: Part 1

In this blog series, Lydea describes the steps of the HF Roadmap and how the SCTA process aligns with the...

Beginner, HUMAN FACTORS, Process Industries, SCTA

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...

Beginner, Culture, Healthcare, HOP, Human Error, HUMAN FACTORS, MANAGEMENT, Pharma

Best practices for procedure writing (Part 2)

My intention in this blog post is to add an extra layer of reflection. Some of this will be a...

Intermediate, Pragmatics, Procedures, TRAINING

Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA): A former Offshore Inspector’s perspective

I’ve noticed several recent posts claiming that for companies in the UK Oil & Gas sectors "there is a regulatory...

MANAGEMENT, Offshore, Pragmatics, SCTA

Applying Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) to a hazardous task: Indoor Rope Climbing

Recently, I started taking on indoor rope climbing. Having been on both ends of the rope, I was curious about...

Beginner, HUMAN FACTORS, SCTA

Introduction to Human Factors SYSTEMS Critical Task Analysis (SCTA): Going beyond safety

In a world where efficiency, productivity, and excellence are paramount, organisations are constantly seeking methods to optimise their processes, streamline...

Beginner, Pharma, Process Industries, SCTA

A System Safety Revolution: Drawing Parallels Between Formula 1 and Human Factors

In the heart-pounding world of Formula 1, the phrase "life on the limit" once carried a chilling connotation. Formula 1's...

Beginner, HUMAN FACTORS

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...

Culture, Healthcare, Human Error, Pharma

Unlocking success: From errors in documentation to Human Performance innovation

If you have more document errors than you want, read our blog to find out how you can unlock success,...

HOP, Human Error, Pharma, Procedures, TRAINING

Best practices for writing SOPs (Part 1)

In any organisation, SOPs play an integral role in optimising operational efficiency and minimising human error. Here are our recommendations...

Beginner, Pragmatics, Procedures, TRAINING

Communication, Technology and the Video Assistant Referee (VAR)

There was a big refereeing error in the match between Tottenham and Liverpool and Liverpool at the weekend (1st October)....

Communication, Human Error, SCTA

Top 5 takeaways from doing HTAs

Having participated as a facilitator in our in-house Human Factors Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) course, as well as taking...

HTA, SCTA, TRAINING