A paper which demonstrates how MTR Hong Kong has tackled the challenges of sharing and maintaining corporate safety knowledge with managers during a period of significant change within the organisation. This was achieved by developing and delivering a training programme to reinforce a safety first culture during the growth and change period.
A paper which describes the efoort to develop a safety culture measurement and improvement tool for the Canadian railway industry. The paper describes the findings, results and lessons learned.
A study which proposes a strategy for condition based maintenance optimization for railways.
a paper which discusses the actual role of human factors in reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) analysis. The paper also presents suggestions on how these specifications need to evolve in order to properly assess complex socio-technical systems focusing on identifying human errors and creating appropriate safety barriers in the system.
A presentation which explains how the why because analysis approach to accident analysis has great potential in railway accident analysis.
A paper which compares two bio-mathematical models which understand and predict the impact of extended work hours on workers in the rail industry.
A paper which describes the development of an algorithm which filters out many false alarms. One of the filters is that a warning is given only when there is a risk of a collision between trains. The paper describes how the algorithm works, what happens in case of an alarm and how the algorithm performed during testing.
A paper which presents an approach to the analysis of human contributions to safety using investigation data from 142 events on German railways between 2000 and 2010. The results demonstrate the benefits of employing event analysis and human reliability assessment (HRA) for system design and optimization.
A paper which explains the GAME framework for implementing a human factors approach to safety management systems as used by SNCF in France.
A paper which looks at the impact of the implementation of a standard to enhance human factors management in train operators on South African Railways. The standard applies to both management and employees. The standard was implemented in 2011following a number of rear end collisions.
