Human Factors & Aviation Medicine

Human error analysis of commercial aviation accidents: application of the Human Factors Analysis and Classification system (HFACS).

BACKGROUND The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) is a general human error framework originally developed and tested within the U.S. military as a tool for investigating and analyzing the human causes of aviation accidents. Based on Reason's (1990) model of latent and active failures, HFACS addresses human error at all levels of the system, including the condition of aircr...

Human factors in general aviation accidents.

Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance: Program Overview

This report details the second phase of the Office of Aviation Medicine research program on Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance. This on-going research program enhances human performance in the aviation maintenance system to ensure continuing flight safety and operational efficiency. The research program, as reported in the Phase I report (Shepherd, Johnson, Drury, Taylor, & Berninger, 1991) ...

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Performance Enhancement System for Aviation Safety Inspectors

Previous publications from the Aviation Medicine Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance research programs have defined human factors and have emphasized the focus on the human as the central part of a technical system (FAA/AAM & GSC, 1993; Johnson & Shepherd, 1993). The human is affected by such factors as personnel selection, training, job design, and environmental issues, as examples. The desi...

Human factors and error prevention in emergency medicine.

Emergency departments are one of the highest risk areas in health care. Emergency physicians have to assemble and manage unrehearsed multidisciplinary teams with little notice and manage critically ill patients. With greater emphasis on management and leadership skills, there is an increasing awareness of the importance of human factors in making changes to improve patient safety. Non-clinical ...