Human Factors
Human Factors
Human Factors involves applying science and engineering to analyze and optimize how humans interact with their living and working environments. Primarily, human factors involves analyzing a job/activity, the individual(s) performing such, and the overall environment that activity is completed in.
At S-E-A, our Human Factors team specializes in analyzing how human behaviors, perception, and decision-making interact with environments, products, and systems with experience and training in engineering, safety, biology, kinesiology, ergonomics, and industrial engineering. By understanding the human element, we uncover insights that contribute to the resolution of complex forensic cases across a wide variety of disciplines.
S-E-A's Human Factors team can assist in a wide variety of matters, including but not limited to:
Consumer-Product Interaction
- Product misuse
- Warnings, labels and instructions
Driver Behavior
- Driver distraction
- Driver use of cell phone while driving
- Driver errors
- Perception reaction time
Human Perception & Cognitive Ability
- Risk perception
- Memory and knowledge
- Expectation and assumption
- Decision-making
- Human error
- Training and workplace safety
Occupant-Environment Interaction
- Slip, trip and fall
- Obstacle perception and avoidance
- Visual perception and situation awareness
- Visibility and conspicuity
We combine scientific methods with cutting-edge technology to deliver precise results, including 3D motion capture and analysis that recreate human movement to better understand biomechanics, visibility studies using simulations to replicate real world lighting and visibility conditions, behavioral analysis, applying the principles of psychology to better understand decision-making and actions, and much more.
