What is Human Factor?
Human Factors consist of environmental, organisational and job factors, human and individual characteristics, which influence behaviour at work consistently affecting health and safety.

We as a team recognise the importance of human factor involving people to avoid accidents & ill health in all aspects of work.

In fact, up to 80% of accidents is often attributed to human failure, which suggests a great deal can be done to prevent such incidents.

Human Factor is about...

Human and Individual Characteristics
• competence, skills, personality, attitudes, risk perception

Job Aspects
• tasks, workload, procedures, displays & controls, environment

Organisational Aspects
• culture, communications, leadership resources
... which influence HSE behaviours at work!

Why do accidents happen?
Accident happens bacause of many possible contributing factors, that lead to the accident.

It is often easy to blame the individual who was most directly involved. However, this is too simplistic and a human factors approach makes it clear that there are often a number of factors which have contributed to the accident.

These can include poor design, poor maintenance, attitudes to health & safety in the workplace, inadequate training or supervision, poor work planning and organization.
There are 2 principal areas where HSE Human Factors / Ergonomics effort are focused:
• Preventing major accidents
• Protecting personal health and safety