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10. Human Error in Power Plant Maintenance

Author : B. S. Dhillon

Published in: Human Reliability, Error, and Human Factors in Power Generation

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In power plants, maintenance is an important activity and it consumes a significant proportion of the total amount of money spent on power generation. A number of studies conducted over the years indicate that human error in maintenance is an important factor in the occurrence of power generation safety-related incidents [1, 2]

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Title: Human Error in Power Plant Maintenance
Author: B. S. Dhillon
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Human Reliability, Error, and Human Factors in Power Generation
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-04018-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-04019-6

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04019-6_10