PIFs and Error Traps

Performance Influencing Factors PIFs

Performance Influencing Factors PIFsPerformance Influencing Factors (PIFs) is another term, from across the pond, for error traps.  You will see me use these terms interchangeably in my HF postings, as I was formally trained to use the term PIFs, but these days it seems we use the term trap. 

But after spending a year working with an organization that performed many MANUAL HIGH-RISK tasks daily, I found the UK’s HSE infographic on PIFs very telling.  Their #1 listed PIF was:

Clarity of signs, signals, instructions, and other information

I know that almost all organizations could list this item as their #1 opportunity, but this business fell into this trap much deeper than most.

 

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