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PHSC consultants are experts at applying human factors principles in a variety of industries. We focus on all levels of support including acting as integrated, embedded team members on large CAPEX projects to providing one-off support to small projects. PHSC personnel provide human factors engineering support to projects including standards development, document and model review, personnel training, and vendor package reviews. PHSC personnel have worked to develop the human factors portions of Safety Analysis Reviews (SAR and PSAR) for Department of Energy installations. We also have the capability to provide support as virtual team members including implementing a human factors program plan, hard copy and electronic document review, training package development, and model reviews.

PHSC consultants have decades of experience in analyzing workplaces, both manufacturing and office environments, for risk factors related to work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Our unique, engineering driven approach focuses on improving efficiency and effectiveness of processes, machines, and human workers to maximize the economics of the system while reducing the physical stressors to the human workers. In addition to performing ergonomic assessments and providing actionable and economical recommendations, we focus our efforts to allow interested clients to implement their own ergonomics teams and practices that will allow them to manage issues in the future. We also provide training and can deliver tailored training packages covering a variety of musculoskeletal disorder risk factors.

Regardless of whether we are working applying our skills to support engineering teams or reviewing workplaces for musculoskeletal disorder risk factors, PHSC firmly holds to the concept that good ergonomics is good economics.

Below are a few brief synopses of the services on which we have focused our efforts for nearly 30 years. Please contact us to let us work together with you to develop better outcomes.

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Human Factors Engineering Support in Oil, Gas, & Chemicals Industry

For more than 20 years, PHSC has supported multiple greenfield and revamp of large onshore installations, offshore platforms, FPSOs, and Living Quarters through all phases of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction process including FEED. We have developed standards, interacted with vendors, attended model reviews, reviewed engineering design documents, developed and presented HFE training, worked to manage deviations, and reviewed existing installations. Clients have included Shell, Chevron, BP, Conoco, Bechtel, and KBR.

Human Factors Engineering Support in Nuclear Industry

PHSC personnel have worked directly for DOE contractors at the INEEL and Hanford Nuclear sites. Additionally, we have performed multiple SAR and PSAR reviews specific to the HFE requirements at multiple nuclear sites, including SRS. We have also performed multiple reviews of existing control rooms and remote operations.

Training Package Development and Presentation

PHSC has developed human factors engineering and work-related musculoskeletal disorder training packages for sale and presentation for multiple clients in a variety of industries including offices, heavy manufacturing, healthcare, aviation, and OG&C facilities for more than 30 years. Our content is fresh, accurate, tailored to the individual needs of the client and our presentations are well-received.

Workplace Ergonomics Consulting

PHSC personnel have been performing workplace consulting services for clients in multiple industries for over 30 years. We focus our efforts on identifying opportunities for process improvement while simultaneously reducing sources of physical stressors leading to discomfort and lost productivity. We use accepted standards to evaluate manual materials handling, repetitive upper or lower limb motions, static postures, hand-arm vibration sources, and physiological cost of work including thermal stresses.

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Engineering Document and Model Review for Human Factors Engineering Issues

PHSC has been reviewing hard copy and electronic documents for HFE issues for more than 20 years. We have attended multiple model reviews and performed standalone model reviews of whole facilities and vendor skid packages using SmartPlant, Navisworks and Adobe. Our efforts are aimed at ensuring compliance to regulatory, corporate and project standards as well as good HFE principles.

Human Factors Engineering Support in Control Room Design and Evaluation

PHSC has reviewed new and existing control rooms in nuclear and OG&C industries. Our efforts have considered workload, procedures, alarm management, physical displays, human-computer interfaces, software displays, communications, physical equipment arrangement, environmental conditions, training, simulation, and ancillary areas in the control room building. We have also worked with teams to develop the knowledge, skills and abilities needed for evaluating and training operators.

Project-specific Human Factors Engineering Standards Development and Procedure Review

PHSC has developed FEED and EPC level standards and processes for the inclusion of human factors engineering in multiple domestic and international OG&C projects. We focus on developing standards using a priority approach starting with local regulatory, corporate, industry practices, and finally accepted HFE criteria. We work to achieve consensus among all affected project disciplines and other stakeholders. In addition, we were part of the team that worked to develop the DOE Writer's Guide for Technical Procedures and we use this approach to review existing procedures and create new ones.

Workplace Rapid Ergonomics Team Deployment

PHSC has spent decades evaluating workplaces and establishing local ergonomics teams. We have used this experience to create a unique, one week bootcamp course that teaches employees and management the needed skills to implement an effective and efficient ergonomics program. Topics include identifying risk factors while focusing on process improvements, documenting recommendations for management action, and self-sufficiency. We can either present this package or license it to you with necessary support for your implementation.

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