In the following we have listed some recent deviations, accidents and successful recoveries where Human Factors (Organizational issues, Cognitive issues and HF issues) have played a central role from design through implementation.
S O Johnsen, T Porathe (Eds) (2021) “Sensemaking in Safety Critical and Complex Situations: Human Factors and Design” OA – Open Access CC BY 4.0 and Amazon
CSB: illustrates the failures in critical controls and procedures in drilling operations thatcaused the ‘holes’ in the ‘Swiss Cheese’ model to align, resulting in blowout, 5 fatalities and total rig loss.
In Waraich Q.R, Mazzuchi T.A., Sarkani S., & Rico D.F. (2013) "Minimizing Human Factors Mishaps in Unmanned Aircraft Systems" January 2013, ergonomics in design "Although DoD UAS mishap rates vary between platforms, an average of 100-300 mishaps occur every 100,000 flight hours. In contrast, DoD human-operated aircraft average one mishap per 100,000 flight hours (Weibel & Hansman, 2005).". More completely, see: Qaisar Raza Waraich PhD thesis "Heterogeneous Design Approach for Ground Control Stations to Marginalize Human Factors Mishaps in Unmanned Aircraft Systems" (2013)
