Human performance in the rail freight yard.
Human performance in the rail freight yard has been identified as a source of risk for rail freight operations. This is both within the yard itself, and also with train preparation issues leading to incidents on the network. The rail freight yard is an area that has received limited research attenti...
| Publicado en: | Ergonomics Vol. 68; no. 5; pp. 662 - 673 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2025
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