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Across oil and gas, nuclear, aviation, maritime, chemicals, and rail, industry bodies are publishing formal guidance on Human Performance and proactive learning. This page collects every major document in one place, organized by sector.
Ten years ago, the idea that organizations should learn from everyday work, not only from incidents, was an academic concept. Today it is formal guidance in oil and gas (IOGP Report 642), aviation (Flight Safety Foundation’s “Learning from All Operations”), maritime (the SAFEMODE white paper), nuclear (IAEA and NRC), and occupational safety standards (ANSI/ASSP Z10). The movement is global and cross-sector. What was once a philosophy now has industry-endorsed documents, tools, and implementation frameworks behind it.
Learning from Normal Work, authored by Dr Marcin Nazaruk and published by IOGP, is one of the foundational documents in this space.
The foundational guidance on proactive operational learning, intended to support operational and corporate leaders in improving learning and extracting actionable lessons from everyday operations. Authored by Dr Marcin Nazaruk. This is the document that defines the Learning from Normal Work methodology.
IOGP's most recent comprehensive Human Performance guide, offering guidance to oil and gas business leaders and safety professionals on integrating Human Performance principles across operations.
Guidance for those involved in the investigation process to gain confidence by successfully incorporating human factors into investigations. Focuses on building capability in human factors investigation for non-specialists.
Covers fatigue management in operational settings, including shift patterns, workload, and recovery.
Jointly developed by the Energy Institute and IOGP, this report adopts a practical, cost-effective, and balanced approach to applying Human Factors Engineering on projects.
A global industry forum that gathers and distils existing industry materials to create a standardized, universal suite of free-access Human Performance resources. Hosts IOGP papers, Energy Institute publications, campaign materials, practical workplace tools, and recommended practice documents.
The HOP Subgroup has developed tools and quick reference guides covering HOP principles, leadership guidance, operational learning, investigation tools, and corrective action guidance. Includes downloadable job aids, flow charts, and webinar recordings.
Provides tools and techniques that supervisors and frontline workers can use to consider human factors during pre-job briefings, during the job, and post-job briefings. Authored by Dr Marcin Nazaruk.
Enables companies and non-specialists to conduct quality human factors analyses in a structured and consistent format.
Summarizes key design requirements and considerations from commonly used human factors design standards. Free with registration.
A resource pack covering topics from fatigue to task analysis to supervision, aimed at supervisors and managers. Free PDFs available with registration.
Video-based toolbox resource for frontline awareness of human factors concepts.
Volume 1 covers concepts and principles. Volume 2 covers human performance tools. A reference for anyone in the DOE community who wants to learn about human performance and how it can be improved, addressing the roles of individuals, leaders, and the organization.
Addresses the definition and implementation of an oversight program that takes into account human and organizational factors throughout the lifetime of nuclear installations.
Examines HOF implications from the Fukushima accident and their relevance to nuclear safety programs globally.
The core US nuclear regulatory framework for human factors engineering program review, covering human-system interface design and human factors verification and validation.
Guidelines for reviewing human-system interface design in nuclear installations, covering control rooms, displays, alarms, and procedures.
Collects into one manual the concepts and principles that support the prevention of events triggered by human error in the nuclear workplace. Serves as the primary reference for INPO's Human Performance Fundamentals Course. Access is generally restricted to INPO members; some documents are available through the NRC's ADAMS system.
The aviation equivalent of Learning from Normal Work. A call to action arguing that data collection needs to expand from a focus on hazardous events to analysis of routine operational data. The Foundation has since published seven concept notes and two case studies building on the white paper.
Developed from confidential in-depth interviews with seafarers and investigators. Presented by Dr Barry Kirwan of EUROCONTROL. Emphasizes ten good practices to enhance safety learning in the shipping industry.
Updated and expanded guidance on integrating HOP concepts into an organization's event reporting and response processes. The most current IMCA publication on this topic.
The earlier information note summarizing HOP as an emerging safety philosophy in the marine sector.
Also: IMCA HOP overview page
Guides supervisors, managers, and engineers on incorporating Human Factors principles into plant maintenance and operations, covering food, pharmaceutical, chemical, petroleum, and refining industries.
A methodology developed by ERA to identify and assess the impacts of change on human and organizational factors. Available free with registration.
Covers common HSE activities and is designed to be accessible regardless of company size, sector, or risk profile. Crafted by representatives from the HSE committee and the HSE council of the Federation of Norwegian Industries.
Provides guidance on various ways organizations can implement the requirements of Z10, the US occupational health and safety management system standard. A 2024 revision has since been published.
Also: Via ANSI webstore · 2024 revision
Companion guidance for smaller organizations implementing the Z10 standard. Offered as a free download.
A toolkit for use by inspectors to support the consideration of human factors in site inspections, accident investigations, and assessment of company documentation such as COMAH safety reports.
Covers six topic areas for managing human factors at upper and lower tier COMAH sites.
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