Confusing mobile apps and unclear instructions can be frustrating for anyone. But imagine if these everyday annoyances weren't just inconvenient but held the potential to be dangerous. That's where ...
On June 22, 2023, a worker at a rubber hose manufacturing plant suffered severe crushing injuries when powered belts that were still energized and unguarded pulled him into a machine. OSHA later ...
EASA will examine several maintenance human factors issues in the coming years. Credit: Patrick Delapierre/AFI KLM Fatal commercial air transport accidents are almost incomprehensibly rare. The ...
Image courtesy ARC About the Author: Fred Finger, Senior Vice President and Head of Operations at American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group (ARC) A safety management system, while vital, can only take a ...
U.S. and EU regulators require human factors and usability testing to bring a medical device to market. Virginia Lang, PhD, president and chief scientist at HirLan Inc., an engineering consultancy ...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), the world’s largest scientific association for human factors/ergonomics professionals, announced that the society’s ...