1st Edition

Ergonomics and Human Factors in Safety Management

421 Pages
by CRC Press

421 Pages 141 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

421 Pages 141 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Accident prevention is a common thread throughout every aspect of our society. However, even with the most current technological developments, keeping people safe and healthy, both at workplaces and at other daily activities, is still a continual challenge. When it comes to work environments, ergonomics and human factors knowledge can play an important role and, therefore, must be included in, or... Read more


    Reliability in Occupational Risk Assessment: Stability and Reproducibility Evaluation When Using a Matrix-Based Approach; Regulatory, Organizational, and Operational Issues in Road Construction Safety; Development of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System for Manufacturing Companies in Mexico Using Factorial Analysis; Characterization of the Portuguese Furniture Industry’s Safety Performance and Monitoring Tools; HSEQ Assessment Procedure for Supplying Network: A Tool for Promoting Sustainability and Safety Culture in SMEs; Ergonomics Point of View of Work Accidents in Safety Management Perspective; S-MIS: Identifying, Monitoring, and Interpreting Proactive Safety Indicators; Abilities and Cognitive Task Analysis in an Electric System Control Room for Developing a Training Simulator; Immersive Virtual Environment or Conventional Training? Assessing the Effectiveness of Different Training Methods on the Performance of Industrial Operators in an Accident Scenario; Knowledge Management for Counterbalancing the Process of Loss of Skills at Work: A Practical Study; Human Factors Analysis and Behavior Modeling for the Simulation of Evacuation Scenarios; Development of an Interactive Educational Game to Learn Human Error: In Case of Developing a Serious Game to Acquire Understanding of Slips; Transitional Journey Maps: Reflections on Creating Workflow Visualizations; The Missing Links in System Safety Management, Prediction of High Risk of Drowsy Driving by a Bayesian Estimation Method: An Attempt to Prevent Traffic Accidents due to Drowsy Driving; Space Missions as a Safety Model; Categorization of Effective Safety Leadership Facets; Women with Upper Limb Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and Housework

    Biography



    Pedro Arezes is a Professor of Human Factors Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, in Portugal.



    Paulo Victor Rodrigues de Carvalho is a professor of the Post Graduate Program in Informatics and in the Professional Masters in Environmental Engineering of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.