Human error risk management methodology for safety audit of a large railway organisation

P.C. Cacciabue

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2005.04.005

Human error risk management methodology for safety audit of a large railway organisation

P.C. Cacciabue

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

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Abstract

This paper considers the application of the human error risk management for engineering systems (HERMES) methodology for safety assessment studies. The application concerns the recurrent safety audits (RSA) of a large organisation in the domain of railway transportation systems. The objective of the study was the identification of the most relevant areas of intervention for improving safety and reliability of the service.

The methodology has been applied to the whole organisation and its working processes. Specific attention was paid to train drivers. A number of critical indicators of safety and recurrent safety audit matrices were identified, which enabled the assessment of the safety level of the organisation and the generation of safety recommendations.

The application of HERMES to this case study shows that the methodology is applicable in practice and can give valuable and significant results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	709-718
Number of pages	10
Journal	Applied Ergonomics
Volume	36
Issue number	6
Early online date	24 Aug 2005
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2005.04.005
Publication status	Published - Nov 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Part of Special Issue: Rail Human Factors, Edited by John Wilson and Beverley Norris

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Human error risk management methodology for safety audit of a large railway organisation
Cacciabue, P., 27 Oct 2005, Rail human factors: supporting the integrated railway. Wilson, J., Norris, B., Clarke, T. & Mills, A. (eds.). Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate, p. 353-365 13 p.
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