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Human Factors

When Humans get involved

Hazard barrier diagram


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TOP EVENT

BARRIERS
BARRIERS

ESCALATION
ESCALATIONCONTROLS
CONTROLS

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Recognizing Hazards

What are we trying to avoid?


Barriers put in place between initiating event and accident
Barrier failure/weakness visualized as holes
Accident occurs when all barriers fail...
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A
Z
A
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D

TOP EVENT

BARRIERS
BARRIERS
ESCALATION
ESCALATIONCONTROLS
CONTROLS

C
O
N
S
E
Q
U
E
N
C
E

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