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Human error assessment in electric power company of Serbia

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Stojiljkovic, Evica | Grozdanovic, Miroljub | Stojiljkovic, Predrag

Affiliations: Faculty of Occupational Safety, University of Nis, Carnojevica 10a, 18000 Nis, Serbia | Economic Association for Electric Energy distribution “Jugoistok” d.o.o Nis, Branch ED Nis, Bulevar dr Zorana Djindjica 46a, 18000 Nis

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: evica976@gmail.com ;evica.stojiljkovic@znrfak.ni.ac.rs. Evica Stojiljkovic, Ph.D, University of Nis, Faculty of Occupational Safety, Carnojevica 10a, 18000 Nis, Serbia, phone: +381 69 14 87 031

Keywords: Human Error, Human Error Assessment, Absolute Probability Judgement, Risk Assessment, Industrial accident

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0584-3207

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 3207-3212, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

This paper presents a case study which confirmed that the use of APJ for proper assessment of human error in the Electric Power Company of Serbia (hereinafter EPS). The proposal methodological framework was used for human error identification and quantification in the case of a repair intervention on a steel lattice tower 10/0.4 kV (jurisdiction of an EPS subsidiary ED “Jugoistok”, Nis, Serbia) which resulted in an accident with a fatal outcome. One of the aims of this study is to show the necessity of human error assessment not only in manufacturing industries but, as it will be shown in this paper, in companies that distribute electric energy, as well.

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