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Ergonomics

Year: 2020
Articles in SafetyLit: 32

A sudden variation in the visual field reduces driver's accuracy in estimation of the speed of the car ahead

An enhanced whole-body vibration emission index for railway vehicles

Analysis method for revealing human and organizational factors of occupational accidents with movement disturbance (OAMDs)

Breast and torso characteristics of female contact football players: implications for the design of sports bras and breast protection

Can target effects or discomfort ratings discriminate between small-arms weapon configurations?

Cognition in crisis management teams: an integrative analysis of definitions

Complexity theory in accident causation: using AcciMap to identify the systems thinking tenets in 11 catastrophes

Coordination breakdowns in nuclear power plant control rooms: cause identification and behavior-sequence analysis

Cycling on the edge: the effects of edge lines, slanted kerbstones, shoulder, and edge strips on cycling behaviour of cyclists older than 50 years

Detectability of auditory warning signals in the ambient noise of Dutch train cabins

Drivers' car-following behaviors in low-illumination conditions

Employee experiences in underground workplaces: a qualitative investigation

Experimental study on individual risk in crowds based on exerted force and human perceptions

Factors that affect younger and older adults' causal attributions of robot behavior

Fight or flight? Behaviour and experiences of laypersons in the face of an incipient fire

Flashing in-curb LEDs and beacons at unsignalized crosswalks and driver's visual attention to pedestrians during nighttime

How do pedestrians distribute their visual attention when walking through a parking garage? An eye-tracking study

Human and machine-induced social stress and cognitive performance

Logistic transport in extreme environments: the evolution of risk and safety management over 27 years of the polar traverse

Muddling through troubled water: resilient performance of incident management teams during Hurricane Harvey

Postural precursors of motion sickness in head-mounted displays: drivers and passengers, women and men

Psychophysiological response in night and instrument helicopter flights

Representing two road traffic collisions in one Accimap: highlighting the importance of emergency response and enforcement in a low-income country

Standard freeway merge designs support safer driver behaviour compared to taper designs: a driving simulator study

Superior side sound localization performance in a full-chassis driving simulator

The effect of a secondary task on drivers' gap acceptance and situational awareness at junctions

The perils of perfect performance; considering the effects of introducing autonomous vehicles on rates of car vs cyclist conflict

The reliability and transparency bases of trust in human-swarm interaction: principles and implications

The short-term effects of artificially-impaired binocular vision on driving performance

Who is to blame for crashes involving autonomous vehicles? Exploring blame attribution across the road transport system

Why do older people love and hate assistive technology? ‒ an emotional experience perspective

Workforce perceptions of human factors as indicators of plant reliability and process safety