APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Prevent Communication Error By Talk-Back and Confirmation-Talk

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Industrial/Organizational

  • Ryo Nakamura
    RTRI
  • Yasuhiro Kitamura
    Railway Technical Research Institute
  • Takafumi Inoue
    RTRI
  • Ayanori Sato
    Safety Psychology Laboratory, Human Science division
  • Noriko Onoma
    Railway Technical Research Institute

Abstract

Communication errors in a railway systems are a serious threat to safety. While “talk-back,” and “confirmation-talk” are well known measure to prevent communication error, the effect of them have not been confirmed. Author conducted an experiment and found that both measure can reduce communication error rate by half.

Engineering/Human Factors/Ergonomics

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