Posts Tagged ‘safety case assessment’
Integrating Human Factors into Safety Case
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes The 2019 National WSH Statistics report revealed that the Construction and Manufacturing industries were the top sources to fatal and major industries with 66 cases each. In the first half of 2019, there were 17 workplace fatalities and the top 3 causes were slips, trips & falls, machinery incidents…
Read MoreLatest Developments in Safety Case Regime Singapore
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In 2017, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) first announced the Workplace Safety and Health (Major Hazard Installations) Regulations. This requires all MHIs to develop and submit their respective Safety Case, in accordance to the regulations. MHIs are required to prepare Safety Case reports and present all risk reduction measures in place…
Read MoreManaging Human Failures for Human Factors Engineering
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Everyone can make errors no matter how well trained and motivated they are. However, in the workplace, the consequences of such human failure can be severe. Analysis of accidents and incidents shows that human failure contributes to almost all accidents and exposures to substances hazardous to health. Many major…
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