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Why human factors are vital considerations in incident investigations?
The HSE figures for Workplace fatal injuries in Great Britain 2021/22 counted a total of 123 fatalities at workplace, over 441,000 reports of non-fatal injuries at work, and 102,000 of those being absent from their workplace for more than 7 days with a substantial cost for the companies impacted.…

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PROJECT CELEBRATES BREAKTHROUGH IN DRIVER FATIGUE DETECTION

Friday 29 September 2024   A wearable device that’s been designed to detect the onset of fatigue in tram drivers has delivered remarkable results in…

IHF Digital wins the Innovation Award at the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors Awards 2024

March 2024   Neil Clark, Melanie Mertesdorf and Sadaf Bader from Integrated Human Factors won this year’s CIEHF Innovation Award. They demonstrated outstanding human factors…

Ryan Donald – My Journey into Human Factors

September 2023 Ryan Donald is a Chartered Safety Professional (CMIOSH) and Human Factors Consultant (Chartership pending) with extensive experience in the management of safety in…

Unveiling the Human Side of Career Success: A Glimpse into the World of Human Factors

In a world driven by technology and innovation, the intersection of human behaviour and advanced systems has become a crucial area of focus. If you’ve…

IHF spreads its wings

Human Factors consultancy IHF has established a partnership with an innovative duo from the aviation and medical sectors. Airline captain James Taylor and his consultant…

Fatigue, The Hot Topic of 2022 & The Role of Swing Shift Pattern as a Hazard

by Jana Mihulkova Throughout 2022, IHF has delivered many projects of various scopes and across multiple industries. The experience that our consultants have built on…

Why human factors are vital considerations in incident investigations?

The HSE figures for Workplace fatal injuries in Great Britain 2021/22 counted a total of 123 fatalities at workplace, over 441,000 reports of non-fatal injuries…

Building your own Intelligent Customer Capability

Building your own Intelligent Customer Capability The concept of Intelligent Customer (IC) in relation to high-hazard safety was developed by the UK Office for Nuclear…

Work as Imagined vs Work as Done

Work as Imagined vs Work as Done When we look at approaches to safety and Human Factors, it’s very important to understand the difference between…

Human Error v Human Factors

Human Error v Human Factors Often the terms human error and human factors are used in an interchangeable way – but they are quite different things.…

Sleep walking into a disaster

Employees won’t tell you when they are tired. Several studies have shown that employees won’t discuss fatigue in the workplace. In one survey by Westfield…