Designing Better Safety with Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) and Human Factors
A mini-course on how human factors can be used to improve workplace safety programs and processes
Welcome to this course! (3 min)
FREE PREVIEWCourse Description
Course Introduction & References
Chapter 1 - Framing Work as a System and Safety as Dynamic
Chapter 1 - Food for thought
What is Human Factors/Ergonomics? What is a System?
Meet Kate the Food Handler
Chapter 1 Quiz
What human factors/ergonomics methods can we use to describe work?
Job-Task Breakdown template
SHEL Model of Human-Machine interaction (task level)
Chapter 2 - Food for thought
Chapter 2 - Kates food handling system
Chapter 3 - CASPO Framework for looking at the work system (big picture)
Chapter 3- Making Sense of Work using the CASPO framework slides.pdf
Chapter 1-3 Worked Warehouse Example
Chapter 1-3 Machine Operator Practice Scenario
CASPO Factors Quiz
Take-aways for the Health and Safety Leader
Chapter 4 - why people do what they do
There must be more to workplace accidents than engineering and agential reasoning
Barriers and enablers to learning from incidents at work
Chapter 5 - Motivation Practice
How do you design for better safety?
Expand your skills as a Safety Professional