angel martinez
Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (adif)
Education and training Philosophy Doctor (University of Valencia) Senior technical Occupational risk prevention. (ISTAS) Master in Corporate Social Responsibility. (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia) Master in Civil Protection in the railway sector. (Universitat de Valencia.) Judicial Expertise in Occupational Risks. (ISTAS) Work ExperienceTraining Cordinator of Areas Human Factor, Protection Civil and Environment at ADIF company.Senior Technical Occupational risk prevention at Adif company.Papers in Conference Of Occupational Risks "De la tradición racionalista de la prevención al modelo psicosocial. La necesidad del cambio en el contexto de racionalidad de la prevención.” Congreso Internacional de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales ORP 2014. ZARAGOZAHuman Factor in Occupational Risks Prevention: From Error Theories to responsibility and Liability Theories. AHFE 2016 International Conference on Safety management and Human Factors.Florida, USA.Books Prevention of Occupational Risks: also a question of Corporate Social Responsibility, Proteus, Barcelona, 2013.
Results obtained in the application of human error taxonomic models in the railway show that errors regarding abilities are among the main causes of human error, being the lack of attention the most significant factor.
More into detail, we can mention Manuel Conde García's studies (2006). They reveal that 20% of rail accidents in Spain have their origin in human error. 50% of those accidents have to do with overconfidence, 31% with distractions and 19% with communication problems.
These data have led us to propose a project Prospective training includes the use of serious games, Mindfulness techniques (mindfulness, that is, being able to keeping full attention to the present moment, the immediate experience,). It is intended for railway sector professionals regarding rail traffic safety. We aim to prevent those errors caused by unintentional acts, in which attention problems and distractor elements play a fundamental role (slips and lapses).
In addition, prospective training techniques have been added using videos that reproduce accidents or incidents. The use of computer applications available on mobile devices that aim to improve situational awareness is also another existing tool. We refer to the whole of this methodology as Safety-Conscious (MSC).
Within the suggested action plan, the more innovative action hypothesis may have been considering the techniques included within Mindfulness for the management of involuntary human error. These techniques have traditionally been used to treat mental health problems.
Mindfulness training has already shown that it is useful to reduce the number of laboratory errors, especially with stroop dynamics. However, we have not found the use of these techniques for other types of errors outside the laboratory and with other techniques. Despite the lack of field studies, we are convinced of its usefulness also in real day-to-day situations and in particular, in the field we suggest we start using it: rail traffic safety.
Consequently, our overall proposal is to use Mindfulness training, serious games, case videos and mobile applications in order to improve the attention and safety-conscious regarding rail traffic safety human errors. This way, we will be able to reduce the percentage of accidents related to human factor.
Signaller performance, workload, situation awareness , Staff selection, competence and training , Human error and human reliability
