Human-Centered Design for Mining Equipment and New Technology

by Lisa J. Steiner (Author), Robin Burgess-Limerick (Author), Tim Horberry (Author)

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2018
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This book introduces Human-Centered Design (HCD) and outlines the benefits of the approach for mining equipment and new technology. It is a process that aims to make equipment and systems more usable and acceptable by focusing on the end user, their tasks, their work environment, or use context. This process requires that users and other stakeholders are involved throughout the design and development process of the equipment or system. To date, HCD has not been widely applied to the design, development, and deployment of mining equipment or new technology.

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This book introduces Human-Centered Design (HCD) and outlines the benefits of the approach for mining equipment and new technology. It is a process that aims to make equipment and systems more usable and acceptable by focusing on the end user, their tasks, their work environment, or use context. This process requires that users and other stakeholders are involved throughout the design and development process of the equipment or system. To date, HCD has not been widely applied to the design, development, and deployment of mining equipment or new technology.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 143
Edition: 1
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 20 Feb 2018
ISBN 10: 1138095206
ISBN 13: 9781138095205

Author Bio

Professor Tim Horberry leads the Human Factors team at Monash University Accident Research Centre in Australia. He recently was a Senior Visiting Researcher on a `Safety in Design Ergonomics' Fellowship at Cambridge University in England. Tim's background is in human factors, safe design and transport/mining safety. Email tim.horberry@monash.edu Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick is Professorial Research Fellow at the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia. Robin has been a qualified Ergonomist for over 20 years, and is a past-President and Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia. Dr. Lisa Steiner is Associate Director of Science at the Pittsburgh Mining Research Division at the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, Pittsburgh, USA. She completed her PhD `Reducing Underground Coal Roof Bolting Injury Risks through Equipment Design' at the University of Queensland, Australia in 2014.