面向对人因工程有不同知识水平的中层管理人员和高级管理人员。其目的是让他们对人为错误的原因有一个基本的了解，并提出减少个别设施人为错误的方法。它还描述了如何将人因可靠性分析（HRA）纳入过程安全管理活动。

Intended for an audience of middle managers to senior executives who have different levels of knowledge about human factors engineering. It is designed to equip them with a basic understanding of the causes of human error and to suggest ways for reducing human errors at individual facilities. it also describes how to incorporate human reliability analysis (HRA) into process safety management activities.