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In safety-critical industrial operations, dangerous tasks that rely on people to undertake them have been a contributory factor in many accidents, incidents and near misses. According to the COMAH Competent Authority, operators should use risk assessment and findings from accident and incident investigations to gain a clear understanding of where and when they are vulnerable to human failure (COMAH-critical tasks), how those failures are likely to occur — accounting for the different types of human error — and the Performance Influencing Factors (PIFs) that make those human errors more likely. The fundamental purpose of Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) is to identify areas in a task that are susceptible to human failure and could result in a major accident, as well as strengthening the controls in place to mitigate the risks.

In this webinar, Michael Shermon, C.ErgHF and Dr. Chizaram Nwankwo, C.ErgHF — human factors consultants at IHF — will provide an overview of the SCTA process that IHF follows and advocates. Underlying this approach is a belief in keeping the process as straightforward and impactful as possible. IHF regularly support clients throughout the SCTA process from the screening process, to the walk through and to the PIFs walk through in line with Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF), Energy Institute (EI), Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Human Performance Oil & Gas (HPOG) and International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) guidelines:

1. Gather All Screening Inputs

2. Screen Inputs to Create a Task Register

3. Prioritise Tasks

4. Build the Hierarchical Task Analysis (HTA)

5. Conduct the Human Error Analysis (HEA)

6. Evaluate and Implement Actions Arising

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