University of Houston professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Weihang Zhu is spearheading an effort to redefine ...

Workplace safety methods focus on controls implementation, while Human Operational Performance Theory (HOPT) focuses on risk reduction and safety improvement. Safety in industries such as energy, ...

As industrial systems evolve toward greater automation, effective safety depends on organizational design, human performance and vigilance.

Even with better technology and regulations, human behavior remains the leading cause of workplace incidents. Here’s what safety leaders need to understand—and fix—in 2026. As occupational safety ...

Human error, wrote James Reason, is both universal and inevitable. The principles are so important that the famed human factors specialist listed them at the top of ...

With the Institute of Medicine’s report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services applied safety lessons gleaned from the aviation industry’s efforts ...

As a human factors safety expert, James Reason contributed to a number of training videos. Credit: International Federation of Airworthiness Some of the most influential concepts in aviation accident ...