A toolkit is available for use by HSE inspectors to support the consideration of human factors in site inspections, accident investigations and assessment of company documentation such as COMAH safety reports. This can be accesed from the link below.

• Inspectors human factors toolkit [1MB]
• Introduction to the inspectors human factors toolkit [327KB]

or select a topic from the list below:

Core topics

• Competence assurance [43KB]
• HF in accident investigations [42KB]
• Identifying human failures [75KB]
• Reliability and usability of procedures [34KB]

Common topics

• Emergency response [32KB]
• Maintenance error [32KB]
• Safety critical communications [32KB]
• Safety culture [34KB]

Specific topics

• Alarm handling [42KB]
• Organisational change [36KB]