PRISM Seminar - Human Factors as Part of Engineering Design Process, Frankfurt am Main Germany, June 2003
16 June 2003 - 17 June 2003
Germany
The department of Plant Safety at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB); the European Process Safety Safety Centre (EPSC) ; and the Process Industries Safety Centre (PRISM) are pleased to invite you to a HUMAN FACTORS AS PART OF ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS Seminar, which will take place on the 16th and 17th June 2003 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
'Human Factors' is a subject that is generating a great deal of interest at present. We have been able to bring together knowledgeable speakers from a wide spectrum, covering both Europe and the USA. I am unaware of any other seminar in the next 12 months which will provide such a comprehensive review of this topic. Please visit the PRISM website http://www.prism-network.org(opens in new window) and the ESPC website http://www.epsc.org(opens in new window) to learn more about the above seminar and the PRISM project.
Our hypothesis:,'Improvements in the application of Human Factors in the Engineering Design of our process plants will have a positive physical and material impact to overall manufacturing efficiency and SHE performance'
The two principle HF areas to be addressed are:,1. Brain (neck-up or cognitive): Human Information Processing for safe and error-free task performance such as monitoring and interpreting information at console and/or field panels,- controlling plant from the console and/or field panels,- conducting process and maintenance tasks in the field
2. Body (neck-down, musculo-skeleton): Human physical accessibility and capabilities for safe and error-free task performance such as:,- working with no awkward body position,- exerting no excessive force,- working with low rate of physical repetition or under extreme conditions
The seminar is designed to exchange views and experiences in areas of Process Engineering Design, proving the validity of the above hypothesis.,PRISM:,The Process Industry Safety Management (PRISM) was founded with the aim of finding ways to improve safety in the European process industries through raising awareness of, and sharing experience in, the application of human factors approaches. In addition the network aims to stimulate the development and improvement of human factor approaches in order to address industry-relevant problems in batch and continuous process industries. <br>,
'Human Factors' is a subject that is generating a great deal of interest at present. We have been able to bring together knowledgeable speakers from a wide spectrum, covering both Europe and the USA. I am unaware of any other seminar in the next 12 months which will provide such a comprehensive review of this topic. Please visit the PRISM website http://www.prism-network.org(opens in new window) and the ESPC website http://www.epsc.org(opens in new window) to learn more about the above seminar and the PRISM project.
Our hypothesis:,'Improvements in the application of Human Factors in the Engineering Design of our process plants will have a positive physical and material impact to overall manufacturing efficiency and SHE performance'
The two principle HF areas to be addressed are:,1. Brain (neck-up or cognitive): Human Information Processing for safe and error-free task performance such as monitoring and interpreting information at console and/or field panels,- controlling plant from the console and/or field panels,- conducting process and maintenance tasks in the field
2. Body (neck-down, musculo-skeleton): Human physical accessibility and capabilities for safe and error-free task performance such as:,- working with no awkward body position,- exerting no excessive force,- working with low rate of physical repetition or under extreme conditions
The seminar is designed to exchange views and experiences in areas of Process Engineering Design, proving the validity of the above hypothesis.,PRISM:,The Process Industry Safety Management (PRISM) was founded with the aim of finding ways to improve safety in the European process industries through raising awareness of, and sharing experience in, the application of human factors approaches. In addition the network aims to stimulate the development and improvement of human factor approaches in order to address industry-relevant problems in batch and continuous process industries. <br>,
Keywords
Human Factors in Engineering