9.8 Human Error Flashcards

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What types of errors are there?

A

Design vs Operator
Variable constant
Reversible vs irreversible
Slips, lapses and mistakes

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What is the shell model?

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A model to understand human factors issues.

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What does SHELL stand for?

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Software
Hardware
Environment
Live-ware

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What are the negative sides of software?

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It can be misinterpreted or poorly designed.

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What are the negative sides of hardware?

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Not having enough tools.

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What are the negatives of Environment?

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Uncomfortable workspaces.

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What are the negatives of live-ware?

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Bad relationships with others, poor communication.

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What is the pear model?

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Recalls the four considerations for assessing and mitigating human factors.

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9
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What are the parts of the pear model?

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People
Environment
Actions
Resources

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What is the error chain?

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A series of human factors incidents linking up to cause a bigger issue.

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11
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Prof. James Reason discusses what two types of human error?

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Variable and Constant.

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What is key about constant errors?

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They can be predicted and therefore controlled

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13
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What is another way to categorise errors?

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Determine whether they are reversible or irreversible.

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What is a slip?

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Actions not carried out as planned or intended i.e. steps to a procedure in the wrong order.

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What are lapses?

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Missed actions or ommisions.

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What is a mistake?

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Bought about by faulty planning.

17
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What is a violation?

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Deliberate actions.

18
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What three categories can engineer behaviour be split into?

A

Skill based
Rule based
Knowledge based

19
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What is a skill based behaviour?

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Relies on stored routines or motor programmes that have been learned with practice.

20
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What is reversion?

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Carrying out a procedure they have done for years not knowing it has been revised?

21
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What is rule based behaviour?

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Routine or procedure has been learnt.

22
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What is knowledge based behaviour?

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No procedure has been established.

23
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What is confirmation bias?

A

Ignoring evidence to the contrary.

24
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What is a latent failure?

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Made in the past, yet to be discovered.

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In relation to visual inspection what is a type 1 error?
Good item incorrectly identified as faulty.
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In relation to visual inspection what is a type 2 error?
When a fault is overlooked.
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What are the four types of violation?
Routine Optimising Situational Exceptional.
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What is a routine violation?
Violation under the influence of a norm.
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What is a optimising violation?
Breaking the rules for fun.
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What is a situational violation?
Circumstantial factors, such as time pressure, workload, tooling wtc.
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What is an exceptional violation?
Involve tasks or operating circumstances where a violation was inevitable.
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What does MORS stand for?
Mandatory Occurrence Reporting System.
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What are the basic considerations when deciding if too report?
Did a dangerous situation occur? Could an incident occured? Could it happen in the future?
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What are MORS?
Safety reports sent to the CAA for analysis and trend monitoring.
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What CAA publication details the procedures for reporting?
CAP382 MORS
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What is CHIRP?
Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme.
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What are the two components of error management?
Containment and reduction.