Counter-Errorism in Diving: Applying Human Factors to Diving27 Jan 2024

SH38: How to Improve Diving Checklist Design and Use - Part 2

This podcast episode explores the critical importance of designing checklists for rebreather and general diving operations, drawing parallels with aviation practices. The episode delves into the 'Challenge and Response' checklist method widely used in aviation, emphasizing its role in enhancing safety, systematic verification, and crew coordination. The discussion addresses reasons for deviations from checks, including distractions, individualism, complacency, and frustration, with insights from aviation incidents. Solutions to these challenges are presented, advocating for optimal checklist initiation, managing interruptions, and thoughtful checklist design based on human factors principles. The episode concludes by underlining the need for checklists as integral tools in diving safety, urging consistent usage within a robust social system to minimize deviations and enhance overall operational safety.

Original Blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/how-to-improve-diving-checklist-design-and-use

Links:

Original checklist blog, part one: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/how-to-building-an-effective-checklist

Ross. Human Factors Issues of the Aircraft Checklist, 2004: https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1553&context=jaaer

Degani, Asaf; Wiener, Earl L. (1990) Human Factors of Fight-Deck Checklists: The Normal Checklist. Contract No. NCC2-377. A report prepared for Ames Research Center: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19910017830

Degani, A. and Wiener, E. L. (1994). On the Design of Flight-Deck Procedures. (NASA Contractor Report 177642). Moffett Field, CA: NASA-Ames Research Center: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19940029437

Tags:

English, Checklists, Decision Making, Gareth Lock, Non-Technical Skills, Situation Awareness

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