Citation

Stojiljkovic E, Grozdanovic M, Stojiljković P. Work 2012; 41: 3207-3212.

Affiliation

Faculty of Occupational Safety, University of Nis, Carnojevica 10a, 18000 Nis, Serbia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, IOS Press)

DOI

10.3233/WOR-2012-0584-3207

PMID

22317205

Abstract

This paper presents a case study which confirmed that the use of APJ for proper assessment of human error in the Electric Power Company of Serbia (hereinafter EPS). The proposal methodological framework was used for human error identification and quantification in the case of a repair intervention on a steel lattice tower 10/0.4 kV (jurisdiction of an EPS subsidiary ED "Jugoistok", Nis, Serbia) which resulted in an accident with a fatal outcome. One of the aims of this study is to show the necessity of human error assessment not only in manufacturing industries but, as it will be shown in this paper, in companies that distribute electric energy, as well.

Language: en