| dc.description.abstract | The industrial partners of the Foundation for an industrial safety culture (FonCSI)
are convinced of the importance of considering human and organisational factors
(HOF) for safety. Many companies are keen for them to be considered in their
industrial safety policy, albeit at different paces. However, some issues remain
unclear, the first one being that, depending on their context, companies can face
difficulties in defining the notions of HOF and industrial safety. Beyond this
observation, many questions are asked regarding which HOF strategies to implement, and for what purpose.
What are the concepts, the approaches by discipline and the professions
(ergonomists, human factors specialists, sociologists, etc.) that need to be mobilised? How can a HOF approach to industrial safety be structured in a large group?
Should it be centralised or organised according to the specific features of activities
and local contexts? How should the role of HOF experts be organised? How can the
extent of the company’s inclusion of HOF be evaluated? What are the indicators
that allow the degree of maturity and the progress needed to be measured?
This collective book is the fruit of the reflexions and debates of the third ‘strategic
analysis’ conducted by the Foundation for an industrial safety culture. The project was
simply entitled ‘Human & organisational factors in high-risk companies’ and sought
to provide FonCSI’s industrial partners with high-level research results within a
limited time. The book notably presents the very valuable contributions of international experts who were invited to expose and confront their viewpoints during a 2-day
residential seminar, the highlight of the strategic analysis, that was held in January
2018. The book explores the questions raised above with an emphasis on examples
and lessons learned based on the field experience of its authors who come from
different academic disciplines and various industrial sectors such as oil and gas,
energy and transportation. It then offers some ways forward for a better consideration
of human and organisational factors in hazardous companies with a view to promoting
safety and facing the challenges of a rapidly changing world. | |
