Coretex Consulting has been supporting several organisations, who operate Major Hazard Facilities (MHF), to more effectively integrate Human Factors into their safety management systems. This helps to ensure alignment with Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) ‘Human Factors self-assessment tool for safety management systems’ checklist, which DMIRS are currently using to establish an industry baseline, and their ‘Human Factors fundamentals for petroleum and major hazard facility operators’.
The Human Factors self-assessment tool covers a range of items including:
- Managing human reliability
- Usable procedures
- Training and competence
- Staffing and workload
- Management of change
- Safety critical communications
- Designing for people
- Fitness for work
- Health and safety culture
- Maintenance, inspection and testing
As the benchmark for the effective inclusion of Human Factors into MHF operators safety management systems becomes more robust it is important to understand these requirements.
Coretex Consulting can assist with the preparation prior to the Human Factors self-assessment tool and with understanding and applying actions to support continuous improvement.
DMIRS self-assessment checklist and further guidance material relating to Human Factors can be found at the link below.
