OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard, 29
CFR 1910.119 and EPA's Risk Management Program (RMP) rule, 40
CFR Part 68 require that a process hazard analysis (PHA) be
performed for processes covered by the regulations. The PHA
must address both human failures that can cause accidents,
and human factors (HF) that can influence them. Examples of
HF issues that OSHA is concerned about, and that can
contribute to hazard scenarios, include controls and
instrumentation accessibility, clarity and usability, task
overload and work schedules.1
Common approaches for identifying HF that influence
human failures in PHA involv
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