Human Factors in the U.S. Railroad Industry
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032771402 | 236 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 16 MB
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032771402 | 236 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 16 MB
At the heart of the U.S. Railroad Industry are human operators who continue to make it work and operate. However, humans are susceptible to error, fatigue, and risky behaviors. Understanding how these impact the safety of the industry remains a crucial topic to be studied. Human Factors in the U.S. Railroad Industry investigates the human factor behind one of the world’s biggest railway networks and synthesizes the body of research that has been produced by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Human Factors in the Railroad industry since 1993.