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Author McLeod, Ronald W., author.

Title Designing for human reliability : human factors engineering in the oil, gas, and process industries / by Ronald W. McLeod.

Publication Info. Waltham, MA : Gulf Professional Publishing, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed April 2, 2015).
Contents Front Cover; Designing for Human Reliability: Human Factors Engineering in the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Why is this news?; On my opinions; Reference; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; What is reliable human performance?; People are, usually, reliable; Three approaches to ensuring human reliability; Design-induced human unreliability; Investigating the human contribution to incidents; Purpose; Organization of the book; References; Part 1: Local rationality at the Formosa Plastics Corporation; The principle of Local Rationality.
Chapter 5: Costs and benefits of human factors engineeringThe costs of design-induced human unreliability; Ask your operators; Perspectives on the costs and benefits of HFE; The project perspective; The owner's perspective; Experience; Human reliability and production; Human error in maintenance; An example: Before and after HFE; How much does it cost to implement an HFE program?; Timing and personnel costs; Non-personnel costs; Summary; References; Chapter 6: Hard truths and principles of human factors engineering; The principles of HFE; Hard truths of human performance.
Hard truth 1: Human performance is situationalHard truth 2: Design influences behavior; Take the high road ... ; People are social and tribal; Hard truth 3: People will find the easy way; Affordances and signifiers; Cognitive compatibility; HFE issues with duplex filters; Operators sometimes misunderstand the status of equipment; Summary; References; Chapter 7: Critical tasks; The nature of ``tasksþþ; Describing tasks; Critical tasks; An example of a critical task; Summary; References; Chapter 8: HFE and weak signals; The characteristics of weak signals; Types of weak signals.
Summary References; Part 2: The scope and value of human factors engineering; References; Chapter 4: An introduction to HFE; The HFE star; A dual fatality offshore; The driller; The objectives of HFE; Being able to move about easily, efficiently and safely; Getting the eyes, hands and ears ``on-taskþþ; Being able to perform tasks to the required accuracy and reliability without excessive effort, discomfort or exposure to risk; Being able to interact and communicate effectively and efficiently; Achieving the HFE objectives; Summary; References.
Subject Human engineering.
Ergonomie.
ergonomics.
Human engineering
Other Form: Print version: McLeod, Ronald W. Designing for human reliability. First edition. Waltham, MA, USA : Elsevier Gulf Professional Publishing, 2015 9780128024218 0128024216
ISBN 0081005261
9780081005262
9780128024218
0128024216
Standard No. AU@ 000054852772
AU@ 000061132198
CHBIS 010547775
CHNEW 001012819
CHVBK 34178320X
DEBBG BV043216328
DEBSZ 434091758
DEBSZ 482374403
GBVCP 825926475

 
    
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