Human Performance: How Enhancing Safety is Managed

Abstract

Lessons from DOE Human Performance handbook can be applied to modern safety management systems. Particularly in handling incidents, near misses, and good catches, Human Performance strategies can be applied for organizational learning and safety improvement. The presentation focuses heavily on the work of Todd Conklin, Sydney Decker, James Reason and other thinkers in the “Safety Differently” movement. Lessons from that movement can be easily extracted and applied to an organization's approach to electrical safety