Paul Stephens

Background

About Paul Stephens

Paul has over 20 years of experience in a wide range of high hazard and regulated industries including the railway, maritime, nuclear, water, and petro-chemical industries. His experience includes a broad spectrum of human factors, socio-technical, and safety management issues, and includes facilitating strategic business decisions, requirements capture, and design & assessments/ assurance. Paul is a Fellow of the Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors. Example project scopes: • Ergonomic Integration Planning for major projects (nuclear, rail, offshore O&G) • Time Line Analysis for Emergency Operators (nuclear) • Expert witness statement on communications interface design • Cost benefit analysis for petro chemical site design options • Root Cause Analysis of Safety Incidents (Petro-Chemical Sites) • Human System Interface requirements & design (control rooms, local control panels) • Analysis of Safety Critical Verbal Communications Risks • Impact of Automation on Operator Vigilance (air traffic control, train driving) • Determining staff number requirements through reliability and workload assessments • Risk of slips – relationship between floor SRV and likelihood of slip incident • Effects of shift work on safety performance • Review & Assessments of the Management of Driver Error • Investigation of Incident Rate amongst Road Tanker Drivers • Development of Safety Management Systems and Audits • Development and Application of Evacuation, Escape and Rescue Analysis Methodology • Assessment of railway track-side detection systems • Assessment of Safety Culture of Offshore Workforce • Effective Health & Safety Interventions in SMEs • Application of HSE’s Management Standards in SMEs • Assessment Methodology for Flammable Liquids into Sewerage Systems • Computer Modelling of Human Behaviour in Fires and Emergency Evacuations