Human Factors in Mining explores key human element issues in the minerals and mining industry. Mining is a significant worldwide industry that employs a huge number of people and generates a large amount of income for mining intensive regions. Although traditionally conservative, it is now beginning to experience a revolution with the introduction of new technologies and automation. These often have significant human factors issues. The books in this series cover a diverse range of topics including human error, equipment design, human centred design and mining automation from a human systems integration standpoint. Future titles will include coverage of risk, safe systems, health, mental health, and toolboxes of human factors methods applicable to mining. These titles will appeal to any professional or student concerned with the mining industry and the safety of the profession.
Should you be interested in including your own book in this series, please contact James Hobbs the Editor for Ergonomics/Human Factors and Occupational Health and Safety on [email protected].
By Tim Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Lisa J. Steiner
February 16, 2018
Human-Centered Design for Mining Equipment and New Technology first introduces Human-Centered Design (HCD) and outlines the benefits of this approach for mining equipment and new technology: HCD is a process that aims to make equipment and systems more usable and acceptable by explicitly focusing ...
By Geoff Simpson, Tim Horberry
March 29, 2017
The consideration of human factors issues is vital to the mining industry. As in other safety-critical domains, human performance problems constitute a significant threat to system safety, making the study of human factors an important field for improving safety in mining operations. The primary ...
By Tim Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Lisa J. Steiner
July 16, 2010
Machines increasingly pervade the mining industry, reducing manual labor and raising production. While the use of new technologies such as remote control, vision enhancement technologies, continuous haulage, and automated equipment has grown, so has the potential for new health and safety risks. ...