Introduction -- Basic mathematical concepts -- Introductory human factors, reliability, and error concepts -- Methods for performing human reliability and error analysis in engineering maintenance -- Human error in maintenance -- Human factors in aviation maintenance -- Human factors in power plant maintenance -- Human error in aviation maintenance -- Human error in power plant maintenance -- Safety in engineering maintenance -- Mathematical models for performing human reliability and error analysis in engineering maintenance
Summary
Covers human reliability, error, and human factors in engineering maintenance. This text offers engineers a tool for dealing with the increasing problem of human error. It discusses maintenance environment, causes for error, types of error, typical maintenance errors, and useful design improvement guidelines to reduce equipment maintenance errors
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index