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Human Factors in Major Accident Hazard Regulation and Guidance: an oil plant

Human Factors in Major Accident Hazard Regulation and Guidance: A Descriptive Overview

Human Factors are now central to managing major accident risk. But how are they actually embedded in regulation and guidance...
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  • Beginner, HUMAN FACTORS, Process Industries, SCTA
The ONE Thing That Will Improve Your Human Factors Program in 2026

The ONE Thing That Will Actually Improve Your Human Factors Program in 2026

What's your ONE thing for 2026? What I have learned is "We'll implement Human Factors" isn't a plan. It's six...
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  • HUMAN FACTORS, Leadership, MANAGEMENT, Pragmatics
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It’s Time: A Human Factors Delivery Guide for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Quality

The crisis is here. The regulatory gap is costing pharma billions and impacting patients Data from the OECD shows that...
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  • HUMAN FACTORS, Pharma
How Recovery Shaped the Impact of Disaster - the 1984 Bhopal disaster

The Railway Men of Bhopal: How Recovery Shaped the Impact of Disaster

Inspired by The Railway Men, this blog uses the Accident Sequence and Precursor (ASAP) model to show how post-incident actions...
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  • HUMAN FACTORS, Intermediate, Process Industries
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AI Agents and Human Performance: A SHERPA Approach to Hybrid Systems

AI is accelerating into safety-critical workplaces, but are we designing it thoughtfully? We explore a fundamental challenge: When AI systems...
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  • HUMAN FACTORS, SCTA, SHERPA Software
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How SCTA Builds Reliability and Resilience: A Whole-System Approach to Understanding Work

Reliability prevents failure. Resilience helps us recover from it. SCTA can strengthen both....
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  • HUMAN FACTORS, Intermediate, Pharma, Process Industries, SCTA
Herald Blog 3

SCTA in Reverse (Part 3): Reflections, Challenges, and the Emerging TABIE Toolbox

We can finally close the gap between proactive SCTA and reactive investigation, using the same analytical framework to both prevent...
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  • Incident Investigation, Intermediate, Maritime
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Top 10 Opportunities with Digital Procedures

SOPs have long been one of the defence barriers against human error, guiding safe and consistent task execution across high-hazard...
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  • Beginner, Procedures
Herald capsize (header)

SCTA in Reverse (Part 2): Dissecting the Herald of Free Enterprise Disaster with TABIE Tools

This is part 2 of our "SCTA in Reverse" series, diving deep into the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster through...
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  • Incident Investigation, Intermediate, Maritime
Human Factors in Control of Work Systems

Human Factors in Control of Work Systems

Control of Work (CoW) systems form the backbone of safe operations in high-hazard industries. Yet, their success often hinges on...
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  • Human Error, HUMAN FACTORS, Intermediate, Process Industries
Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

SCTA in Reverse (Part 1): Learning from the Herald of Free Enterprise Disaster

On March 6, 1987, the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized in just 4 minutes after leaving Zeebrugge, killing 193 people....
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  • Incident Investigation, Intermediate, Maritime
Workers in a paper factory make safety checks

Meeting PABIAC’s Human Factors Objectives (Part 3): Getting Started with SCTA

This is the final instalment in our trilogy of blogs on meeting PABIAC's Human Factors Objectives - Getting Started with...
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  • Beginner, HUMAN FACTORS, Paper Industry, SCTA
Image of the Kegworth air incident

Kegworth Revisited: A Case for Systemic Thinking

On 8 January 1989, British Midland Flight 92 crashed just short of East Midlands Airport, killing 47 people. But the...
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  • Aviation, Incident Investigation, Intermediate, SHERPA Software
A worker in a paper mill

Meeting PABIAC’s Human Factors Objectives (Part 2): A Systematic Approach to HF risk management

Many facilities understand the why behind human factors but struggle with the how. Our latest blog breaks down the systematic...
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  • Beginner, HUMAN FACTORS, Paper Industry, SCTA
How Shared Mental Models Can Save Lives - surgeons performing cardiac surgery

Getting on the Same Page in Cardiac Surgery: How Shared Mental Models Can Save Lives

A fascinating case study explores how "Shared Mental Models" - a concept proven in aviation and military operations - can...
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  • Competency, Healthcare, Intermediate
The 2005 Stockwell Shooting - Stockwell Tube Station

The 2005 Stockwell Shooting: A lethal stew whose ingredients had been long in the cooking

Using the 2005 Stockwell shooting as a case study, this blog demonstrates how major incidents rarely result from single failures,...
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  • Beginner, Culture, Incident Investigation, Organisational Issues
Meeting PABIAC's Human Factors Objectives - a worker in a paper mill.

Meeting PABIAC’s Human Factors Objectives (Part 1): An Introduction

PABIAC’s latest strategy marks a turning point for the sector—placing human factors at the heart of safety. But what does...
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  • Beginner, HUMAN FACTORS, Paper Industry, SCTA
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Bridging the Gap: Aligning SCTA with Engineering Risk Assessments

Are your Safety Critical Task Analyses (SCTAs) operating in isolation from your other Major Accident Hazard Risk Assessments? You might...
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  • Advanced, Human Error, Process Industries, SCTA
A nurse using a modern medical device

Predicting and Preventing Human Error: How SHERPA Enhances Medical Device Design

SHERPA (Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Approach) helps medical device organisations anticipate risks long before the device reaches its...
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  • Beginner, Human Error, Medical Devices, SCTA
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The 7 Deadly Sins of SCTA Implementation: Common pitfalls that mean Human Factors programmes stall

After decades of supporting organisations with Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA), we've noticed a pattern: even with great training, implementation...
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  • Advanced, HUMAN FACTORS, MANAGEMENT, SCTA
Human Factors in Turnarounds - A production line in turnaround

Human Factors in Turnarounds: Key findings and lessons learned

Turnarounds are planned events where significant sections of a process plant are shut down to enable maintenance or projects to...
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  • Human Error, Intermediate, Process Industries, SCTA

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