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Special issue of the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries on Human Factors in Design and Risk Management
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Reliability Engineering and System Safety 92 (2007) 546 www.elsevier.com/locate/ress
Call for papers
Special issue of the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries on Human Factors in Design and Risk Management Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is widely used in design and safety management. Although this method is rigorous and helps in better decision making, it may fail to account for human factors in an appropriate manner. Difficulties in the quantification of the likelihood of human factors and of their associated consequences may arise during QRA studies. Due to the relatively slow progress in the field of quantification of human reliability, there is a strong need to advance this area of research and provide techniques that could link human factors with quantitative risk assessment. Further, human factors play a major role both in accident causation and in emergency operations and their successful outcome. It is therefore important to advance human factor understating to achieve inherent safety and robust emergency systems. Inclusion of human factors in process design and risk management has been widely recognized by all stakeholders from end users to regulatory agencies. Our concern is that human factors are not subjected to the same engineering analysis as other components of the ‘‘engineering system’’. This special edition is intended to redress this apparent imbalance by emphasizing the significance of human factors in design, safety, and risk management with respect to chemical process plants and associated activities. In order to address the above priorities, the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries aims to publish a special issue in the year 2007 on Human Factors in Design and Risk Management. Papers that address the use of human factor issues in engineering design, process safety, and risk management are invited. Papers dealing with the following target areas are especially welcome:
Human error/factors in process safety Human factors in process safety management
0951-8320/$ - see front matter doi:10.1016/j.ress.2006.11.002
Human factors in quantitative risk assessment Advancement in human factor/error assessment Human factors in inherent safety Human factors in engineering design Human factors in process selection, design and decision making Human factors in safety critical systems Human factor assessment in incident investigation Human factors in emergency response planning Human factors in case studies with lessons learned
Due to the broad multidisciplinary nature of the topic and the defined scope of the journal and its audience, it is expected that papers will be based on practical aspects. Real-life case studies with far-reaching conclusions and lessons are especially welcomed. Intending author(s) should consult the journal’s online submission guidelines available at: http://ees.elsevier.com/jlp/ Guest Editor Faisal Khan, Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, NL, Canada ([email protected]) Deadlines Submission of manuscript: February 2007 Notification of results of peer review: April 2007 Submission of final version: May 2007 Publication date: October 2007
Reliability Engineering and System Safety 92 (2007) 546 www.elsevier.com/locate/ress
Call for papers
Special issue of the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries on Human Factors in Design and Risk Management Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is widely used in design and safety management. Although this method is rigorous and helps in better decision making, it may fail to account for human factors in an appropriate manner. Difficulties in the quantification of the likelihood of human factors and of their associated consequences may arise during QRA studies. Due to the relatively slow progress in the field of quantification of human reliability, there is a strong need to advance this area of research and provide techniques that could link human factors with quantitative risk assessment. Further, human factors play a major role both in accident causation and in emergency operations and their successful outcome. It is therefore important to advance human factor understating to achieve inherent safety and robust emergency systems. Inclusion of human factors in process design and risk management has been widely recognized by all stakeholders from end users to regulatory agencies. Our concern is that human factors are not subjected to the same engineering analysis as other components of the ‘‘engineering system’’. This special edition is intended to redress this apparent imbalance by emphasizing the significance of human factors in design, safety, and risk management with respect to chemical process plants and associated activities. In order to address the above priorities, the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries aims to publish a special issue in the year 2007 on Human Factors in Design and Risk Management. Papers that address the use of human factor issues in engineering design, process safety, and risk management are invited. Papers dealing with the following target areas are especially welcome:
Human error/factors in process safety Human factors in process safety management
0951-8320/$ - see front matter doi:10.1016/j.ress.2006.11.002
Human factors in quantitative risk assessment Advancement in human factor/error assessment Human factors in inherent safety Human factors in engineering design Human factors in process selection, design and decision making Human factors in safety critical systems Human factor assessment in incident investigation Human factors in emergency response planning Human factors in case studies with lessons learned
Due to the broad multidisciplinary nature of the topic and the defined scope of the journal and its audience, it is expected that papers will be based on practical aspects. Real-life case studies with far-reaching conclusions and lessons are especially welcomed. Intending author(s) should consult the journal’s online submission guidelines available at: http://ees.elsevier.com/jlp/ Guest Editor Faisal Khan, Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, NL, Canada ([email protected]) Deadlines Submission of manuscript: February 2007 Notification of results of peer review: April 2007 Submission of final version: May 2007 Publication date: October 2007