Handbook of human factors in litigation
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Y Ian Noy; Waldemar Karwowski
- ناشر : Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780415288705
Description
The discipline of human factors engineering and ergonomics -- Preparing and presenting evidence in court -- Presenting behavioral science data as legal evidence : legal standards that the ergonomic and human factors expert needs to know -- Practical ethics for the expert witness in ergonomics and human factors forensic cases -- A road map for the practice of forensic human factors and ergonomics -- Can training for safe practices reduce the risk of organizational liability? -- The influence of Daubert on expert witness testimony : the human factors context -- Reconstructing situated performance in human error investigations -- Causation issues in work-related musculoskeletal disorders : a European perspective from the U.K. -- Age and functioning in the legal system : victims, witnesses, and jurors -- Memory for conversation on trial -- Human factors in traffic crashes -- Estimating driver response times -- Pedestrian injury issues in litigation -- Pedestrian accidents in traffic -- Commercial motor vehicle collisions -- Human factors issues in motorcycle collisions -- Perceptual-cognitive and biomechanical factors in pedestrian falls -- Measurement in pedestrian falls -- Balcony falls -- Preplacement strength and capacity assessment for manual materials-handling jobs -- Identifying the real issues in work-related upper limb disorders -- Exercise injuries : human factors in fitness facilities --
Litigation in product and process liability cases is increasing. The issues which are addressed are complex and often highly technical, and very often boil down to questions of human factors, ergonomics and safety.
