Human Factors in the Mining, Minerals and Metals Industries: Building on Chapter 9
The mining, minerals, and metals sector is facing higher expectations on process safety and human factors than at any point in recent memory. That is a good thing.
The publication of the CCPS guidance Process Safety in the Mining, Minerals, and Metals Industries (December 2025) makes the new expectation explicit.
Failure Modes and Mechanisms in Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA)
In the realm of safety critical tasks industries, identifying both failure modes and mechanisms is essential for effective risk management and performance improvement. We dive into this crucial topic, exploring how failure modes and failure mechanisms impact human performance.
