Title :
Preventing Charlie´s in a chocolate factory: a human factors perspective of alarm handling in confectionery manufacture
Author :
Stanton, Neville
Author_Institution :
Health & Safety Unit, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
The article analyses the results of a survey of a small population of Control Desk Engineers at a UK manufacturing plant. Specific objectives were to elicit the engineers´ definition of the term `alarm´, to examine their alarm handling activities, and to get information on problems with the alarm system
Keywords :
alarm systems; food processing industry; human factors; Control Desk Engineers; alarm handling; confectionery manufacture; human factors;
Conference_Titel :
HCI: Issues for the Factory, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
