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The consideration of human factors issues is vital to the mining
industry. As in other safety-critical domains, human performance
problems constitute a significant threat to system safety, making
the study of human factors an important field for improving safety
in mining operations. The primary purpose of this book is to
provide the reader with a much-needed overview of human factors
within the mining industry, in particular to understand the role of
human error in mine safety, explaining contemporary risk management
and safety systems approaches. The approach taken is
multidisciplinary and holistic, based on a model of the systems of
work in the mining industry domain. The ingredients in this model
include individual operators, groups/teams, technology/equipment,
work organisation and the physical environment. Throughout the
book, topics such as human error and safety management are covered
through the use of real examples and case studies, allowing the
reader to see the practical significance of the material presented
while making the text rigorous, useful and enjoyable. Understanding
Human Error in Mine Safety is written for professionals in the
field, researchers and students of mining engineering, safety or
human factors.
The consideration of human factors issues is vital to the mining
industry. As in other safety-critical domains, human performance
problems constitute a significant threat to system safety, making
the study of human factors an important field for improving safety
in mining operations. The primary purpose of this book is to
provide the reader with a much-needed overview of human factors
within the mining industry, in particular to understand the role of
human error in mine safety, explaining contemporary risk management
and safety systems approaches. The approach taken is
multidisciplinary and holistic, based on a model of the systems of
work in the mining industry domain. The ingredients in this model
include individual operators, groups/teams, technology/equipment,
work organisation and the physical environment. Throughout the
book, topics such as human error and safety management are covered
through the use of real examples and case studies, allowing the
reader to see the practical significance of the material presented
while making the text rigorous, useful and enjoyable. Understanding
Human Error in Mine Safety is written for professionals in the
field, researchers and students of mining engineering, safety or
human factors.
The raid on the Mhne, Edersee and Sorpe dams by 617 Squadron was
the most famous RAF sortie of the Second World War. Its leader,
24-years-old Wing Commander Guy Gibson, was one of the Second World
Wars more enigmatic and controversial characters. Together, the
facts behind both the Dambusters raid and Gibsons dramatic career
make for the most compelling story of human strengths and
weaknesses, of great skill and ingenuity and unrivalled courage.
Little about Gibsons life is not cloaked in mystery. From his
troubled childhood to his mental state and the confusion
surrounding his death, Gibsons life was complex and complicated.
Even since Gibsons death, his beloved dog, Nigger, has been the
subject of considerable controversy. This latest book on Gibson
draws together all the available evidence in examining Gibsons
remarkable life and, probably avoidable, death. In this latter
respect, much new information has only come to light in recent
times allowing a more complete assessment of the facts to be made.
Here, too, is the story of the relationship between Arthur Harris
and Guy Gibson, as well as Gibson's relationship with the diverse
group of men he recruited to join him in that remarkable raid upon
the dams in 1943. Gibson might well have been a flawed hero, but
hero he unquestionably was. The raid on the dams was only one
operation in nearly 200 sorties, but it is the one for which is
remembered and the one for which he was awarded the highest
gallantry medal of all the Victoria Cross.
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