INCREASING THE HUMAN FACTORS IN MAINTENANCE SAFETY MANAGEMENT

摘要

In August, government and industry joined forces in a workshop that identified ways to improve the integration of human factors and safety management systems. Dr. Bill summarizes the activity and outcomes. THE OPPORTUNITY Maintenance organizations, large and small, have formalized their safety management with safety management systems (SMS). Many embrace SMS and the benefits because it is a regulation. However, by regulation or not, organizations appreciate that SMS enhances not only the safety benefits but also economic efficiency. Early identification of hazards and addressing risk means that costly errors, worker injury, flight delays, and more, are minimized. Knowing that human error is the most likely cause of negative maintenance events, an SMS must consider human factors. The workshop defined the "Pain Points" related to integration human factors into SMS. The ultimate goal was to recognize current best practices and to write a specification for new tools and processes that help ensure HF-SMS integration.