A door plug blew off Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 mid-flight in January 2024. Now the National Transportation Safety Board says it can happen again. When it comes to safety in the workplace, there ...

Confusing mobile apps and unclear instructions can be frustrating for anyone. But imagine if these everyday annoyances weren't just inconvenient but held the potential to be dangerous. That's where ...

On June 22, 2023, a worker at a rubber hose manufacturing plant suffered severe crushing injuries when powered belts that were still energized and unguarded pulled him into a machine. OSHA later ...

EASA will examine several maintenance human factors issues in the coming years. Credit: Patrick Delapierre/AFI KLM Fatal commercial air transport accidents are almost incomprehensibly rare. The ...

As today's product design cycles are held to tighter schedules and budget constraints, it's becoming even more critical to consider human factors up front to catch and fix problems during the initial ...

On May 29, 2026, FDA released updated guidance on the content of human factors information required in medical device marketing submissions. This is just the latest signal that usability engineering ...