Using systems thinking-based risk assessment methods to assess hazardous manual tasks: A comparison of Net-HARMS, EAST-BL, FRAM and STPA

Peter McCormack; Gemma Read; Adam Hulme; Ben Lane; Scott McLean; Paul Salmon

doi:10.1080/00140139.2022.2105959

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Using systems thinking-based risk assessment methods to assess hazardous manual tasks: A comparison of Net-HARMS, EAST-BL, FRAM and STPA

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Using systems thinking-based risk assessment methods to assess hazardous manual tasks: A comparison of Net-HARMS, EAST-BL, FRAM and STPA

Peter McCormack, Gemma Read, Adam Hulme, Ben Lane, Scott McLean and Paul Salmon

Ergonomics, Vol.66(5), pp.609-626

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2022.2105959

PMID: 35866642

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systems thinking

hazardous manual tasks

risk assessment

signal detection theory

Formal risk assessment is a component of safety management relating to hazardous manual tasks (HMT). Systems thinking approaches are currently gaining interest for supporting safety management. Existing HMT risk assessment methods have been found to be limited in their ability to identify risks across the whole work system; however, systems thinking-based risk assessment (STBRA) methods were not designed for the HMT context and have not been tested in this area. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of four state-of-the-art STBRA methods: Net-HARMS, EAST-BL, FRAM and STPA to determine which would be most useful for identifying HMT risks. Each method was independently applied by one of four analysts to assess the risks associated with a hypothetical HMT system. The outcomes were assessed for alignment with a benchmark analysis. Using signal detection theory (SDT), overall STPA was found to be the best performing method having the highest hit rate, second lowest false alarm rate and highest Matthews Correlation Coefficient of the four methods.

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Title: Using systems thinking-based risk assessment methods to assess hazardous manual tasks: A comparison of Net-HARMS, EAST-BL, FRAM and STPA
Authors: Peter McCormack (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Gemma Read (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Adam Hulme (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Ben Lane (Author) - The University of Western Australia
Scott McLean (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Paul Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Publication details: Ergonomics, Vol.66(5), pp.609-626
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2022.2105959
ISSN: 1366-5847
PMID: 35866642
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99659497602621
Output Type: Journal article

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