TACKLING THE RAIL WORKER ACCIDENT PLATEAU: APPLYING A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SAFETY
Jim Morgan
Leeds Beckett University
Jim is a Principal Lecturer in Human Factors and Ergonomics at Leeds Beckett University where he leads the Psychology Group and the Psychological Approaches to Safety and Health (PASH) research team. He is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF), and the Rail Research UK Association (RRUKA). Jim’s research interests include human factors, human performance, and cognitive engineering, adaptive processes in human behaviour under workload and stress, stress, affect, risk perception, and risk decision making, and stress reduction in applied settings. He has over 12 years’ experience in applying psychological and human factors research methods in safety-critical environments in order to reduce accident risk for frontline workers. Jim has conducted most of his work within the rail industry. His doctoral research with Eurostar (U.K.) Ltd investigated the effect of emotional mood state (including fatigue) on maintenance engineer perceptions of accident risk, and risky decision making. During this work he developed a bespoke risk decision making measurement tool specific to the work of Eurostar engineers; the Eurostar Personal Risk Inventory (EPRI).More recently he has worked with VolkerRail UK on an on-going project examining individual differences in accident rates, risk behaviour, and hazard perception, and exploring additional influencing human factors such as worker disposition, and accident risk antecedents associated with work system design. This has included a large-scale interview study of On-Track Machine (OTM) operators.In collaboration with Amey’s Consulting, Rail, and Strategic Highways division, Jim is also the academic lead on a government sponsored Knowledge Transfer Partnership project with the aim of developing and testing a behavioural safety framework to reduce accident risk not only for frontline rail workers but also for those working across the UK road network.Jim holds an MSc in Human Factors and Ergonomics (2002) and a PhD in Applied Psychology (2007), both from the University of Leeds.
Stuart Webster-Spriggs
VolkerRail Ltd
Stuart joined VolkerRail from the automotive industry in 2001 as a quality assurance officer. Stuart has progressed through to his most recent role as Safety and Compliance Manager for Specialist Businesses where he has been instrumental in implementing a robust and effective integrated safety management system.In his new role Stuart will be responsible for further developing VolkerRail's safety and compliance capability whilst ensuring the provision of a professional occupational health and safety advisory service, including railway operational safety, engineering, quality and environmental management.Stuart is a member of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health and holds a BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering qualification
Abstract
Non-fatal injuries remain a frequent occurrence in safety-critical Rail work. While there have been positive developments in the design and redesign of workplaces, work tasks, and tools, and in safety awareness training, these... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Jim Morgan (Leeds Beckett University)
- Stuart Webster-Spriggs (VolkerRail Ltd)
Topic Areas
Systems safety, risk management and incident reporting , Safety culture , Fatigue risk management, work hours, breaks, shift work and on-call work , Maintenance, engineering and track work , Engineering trains, road/rail vehicles and on-track plant
Session
1PS-3B » HF Integration (15:55 - Monday, 14th September, Evolve / Seed)
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