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Human-Systems Integration for the Safe Implementation of Automation

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The introduction of automation to mining has great potential to reduce safety and health risks by removing people from hazardous situations. However, automation changes the tasks performed by people and may introduce new tasks. For the system to function optimally, these tasks must be designed taking human abilities and limitations into account. Human-systems integration refers to systems engineering processes that ensure that human-related issues are adequately considered during system planning, design, development, and evaluation. During procurement of automated systems, a human-systems integration program plan should be prepared that describes the human-systems integration activities that will be performed to address each of the six core domains of human-systems integration: staffing, personnel, training, human factors engineering, safety, and health.

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Burgess-Limerick, R. Human-Systems Integration for the Safe Implementation of Automation. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration 37, 1799–1806 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00248-z

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