Finals Flashcards
Twelve primary contributing factors that cause human errors and affect human performance.
Dirty Dozen
Human factors that degrade people’s ability to perform effectively and safely which could lead to maintenance errors.
Dirty Dozen
Were adopted by the aviation industry as a straightforward means to discuss human error in maintenance.
Dirty Dozen
Maintenance-related aviation accidents occurred during what years?
Late 1980s and early 1990s
Who identified twelve human factors?
Transport Canada
Identified by Transport Canada
12 Human factors
Dirty Dozen
Dirty Dozen:
Failure to transmit, receive or provide enough information to complete a task.
Lack of Communication
Dirty Dozen:
Only 30% of verbal communication is received and understood by either side in a conversation. Others usually remember the first and last part of what you say.
Lack of Communication
Dirty Dozen:
Overconfidence from repeated experience performing a task.
Complacency
Dirty Dozen:
Shortage of the training, information, and/or ability to successfully perform.
Lack of Knowledge
Dirty Dozen:
Avoidance of being a know-it-all
Lack of Knowledge
Dirty Dozen:
Anything that draws your attention away from the task at hand.
Distraction
Dirty Dozen:
The #1 cause of forgetting things, including what has or has not been done in a maintenance task.
Distraction
Dirty Dozen:
Safety net: always use or refer to your checklist, go back 3 steps when proceeding after distraction.
Distraction
Dirty Dozen:
Failure to work together to complete a shared goal.
Lack of Teamwork
Dirty Dozen:
Lack of communication can occur.
Lack of Teamwork
Dirty Dozen:
Physical or mental exhaustion threatens work performance.
Fatigue
Dirty Dozen:
Not having enough people, equipment, documentation, time, parts, etc. to complete a task.
Lack of Resources
Dirty Dozen:
Real or perceived forces demanding high-level job performance.
Pressure
Dirty Dozen:
Failure to speak up or document concerts about instructions, orders, or the actions of others.
Lack of Assertiveness
Dirty Dozen:
A physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes physical or mental tension
Stress
Dirty Dozen:
Safety net: take a break when needed, do not stress yourself more.
Stress
Dirty Dozen:
Happens with a lack of alertness
Lack of Awareness
Dirty Dozen:
Failure to recognize a situation, understand what it is, and predict the possible results.
Lack of Awareness
Dirty Dozen:
Expected, yet unwritten, rules of behavior.
Norms
Dirty Dozen:
Inevitable to be adapted.
Norms
Dirty Dozen:
Safety net: stick to the regulations and proper procedures.
Norms
MEDA meaning
Maintenance Error Decision Aid
A structured process that is used to investigate events caused by maintenance technician and/or inspector performance.
Maintenance Error Decision Aid (MEDA)
Its purpose is to gather the information that is needed to carry out an event investigation.
Maintenance Error Decision Aid (MEDA)
It is an interview with the maintenance technician and/or inspector whose performance led to the event.
MEDA Event Investigation
MEDA Event Investigation finds out: (2)
- What errors and violations occurred
2. The contributing factors to the errors and violations
From error model to ____ model
Event
“ERROR” investigation process to “___” investigation
EVENT
“___” investigation process to “EVENT” investigation
ERROR
Errors/Violations that are committed by the technician.
Events
Not all events are caused by ___.
Errors
Not all ___ are caused by errors.
Events
Anything that contributes to committing events
Contributing Factors
Can negatively affect how a maintenance technician and/or inspector does his/her job
Contributing Factors
Ranges from the smallest of things to critical decision making
Contributing Factors
MEDA Event Model 2
Initial MEDA Error Model
MEDA Event Model 3
Probabilistic MEDA Error Model
MEDA Event Model 4
Enhanced MEDA Error Model
MEDA Event Model 5
Further Enhanced MEDA Error Model
MEDA Event Model 6
Event Model 1 with Violation Leading Directly to a System Failure
MEDA Event Model 7
Event Model 2 with a Violation Causing the Technician Not to Catch an Error-Caused System Failure
MEDA Event Model 8
Combined Violation Model
MEDA Event Model 9
Final MEDA Event Model
Explained using the final MEDA event model
MEDA Philosophy
A maintenance-related event can be caused by an error, by a violation, or by an error/violation combination
MEDA Philosophy
Maintenance errors are not made on purpose
MEDA Philosophy
Maintenance errors are caused by a series of contributing factors
MEDA Philosophy
Violations, while intentional, are also caused by contributing factors
MEDA Philosophy
Most of these errors or violations contributing factors are under the control of management, therefore, can be improved so that they do not contribute to future, similar events.
MEDA Philosophy
Developed by Boeing in 1992
MEDA
Used to help address errors and eventually even violations
MEDA Investigation Process
MEDA Investigation Process:
1.
Event Occurs
MEDA Investigation Process:
2.
Investigation find that event was caused by technician/inspector performance
MEDA Investigation Process:
3.
Find the maintenance technician/inspector who did the work
MEDA Investigation Process:
4.
Interview the person
MEDA Investigation Process:
4. Objectives in interviewing the person
- Find error/violations
- Find contributing factors
- Get ideas for process improvement
MEDA Investigation Process:
5. __ to get all relevant contributing factors information
Carry out follow-up interview
MEDA Investigation Process:
6. ___ to a maintenance event database
Add the result from investigation information
MEDA Investigation Process:
7.
Make process improvements
MEDA Investigation Process:
7. Make process improvements based on:
- This event
2. Data from multiple events
MEDA Investigation Process:
8. ___ affected by the process improvements
Provide feedback to all employees
Accurate and timely reporting of relevant information related to hazards, incidents, or accidents is a fundamental activity of safety management.
Safety Reporting
The data used to support safety analyses are reported by multiple sources.
Safety Reporting
One of the best sources of data is direct reporting from?
Front-line personnel
Prerequisite for effective safety reporting
Personnel have been:
- Trained
- Encouraged to report errors and experiences
Things, situations, activities, or conditions can bring harm and can cause lives.
Hazard
Identifying ___ is one way to prevent ___
- Hazard
2. Accidents
Safety Management is caused by _____
Safety Hazard Reporting
_____ is caused by Safety Hazard Reporting
Safety Management
To prevent hazards
Reporting hazards
Through safety hazard reporting the management will be able to:
- Identify the hazard
2. Improve safety
Five Basic Characteristics of Effective Safety Reporting
- Willingness
- Information
- Flexibility
- Learning
- Accountability
Characteristic:
People are willing to report their errors and experiences
Willingness
Characteristic:
Management should be a culture of willingness
Willingness
Characteristic:
Related to communication and trust between the employees and the management.
Willingness
Characteristic:
People are knowledgeable about the human, technical, and organizational factors that determine the safety of the system.
Information
Characteristic:
Trained to report the proper risks.
Information
Characteristic:
Knowledgeable enough to know if a certain event is already a hazard.
Information
Characteristic:
Because you have a realistic view of the hazard you know the damage.
Information
Characteristic:
People can adapt reporting when facing unusual circumstances, shifting from the established mode to a direct mode.
Flexibility
Characteristic:
Allowing information to quickly reach the appropriate decision-making level.
Flexibility
Characteristic:
People have the competence to draw conclusions from safety information systems.
Learning
Characteristic:
The will to implement major reforms.
Learning
Characteristic:
People are encouraged and rewarded for providing essential safety-related information.
Accountability
Characteristic:
There is a clear line that differentiates between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
Accountability
Types of Reporting
- Online reporting
- Hotline reporting
- Verbal reporting
- Hard copy reporting
Organizational literature proposes three characterizations of organizations, depending on how they respond to information on hazards and safety information management.
Westrum Organizational Culture
Westrum Organizational Culture is created by?
Ron Westrum
What did Ron Westrum invent?
Westrum Organizational Culture
Three characterizations of organizations:
- Pathological
- Bureaucratic
- Generative
Westrum:
Hides the information.
Pathological