Method to support risk management of human error in track maintenance work

Abstract

In order to identify effective measures while confronted with limited time and budgets, priorities must be set according to the purpose and effect of a measure. The authors developed a "Human Error Risk management method". This is a method for evaluation which considers "the level of influence of the error-inducing factor" on a risk value evaluated by the combination of "possibility of being of an error" and "worst accident probable to occur due to the error". Consequently, a method for management of human error prevention is presented, which can be adopted by a rail track maintenance office. This paper introduces an example of its application to track maintenance.