Human plays a crucial and important role in system design, production, operation and maintenance process. Human error could be said as inevitable in all industry. However, the interaction between human and their role become a worsts when it is affected by human errors. There are few kinds of human errors such as operating errors, assembly, design, installation, inspection and maintenance errors. This research is purposely to determine the relationship between human errors in maintenance and overall equipment effectiveness of equipment in food industry. This research conducted due to it was found that human errors in maintenance affected the availability rate and performance rate of equipment and also quality of product produced while these three components are included in the evaluation of OEE of equipment. Therefore it showed there is a correspondence between human errors in maintenance and OEE of equipment. This research will be conducted in a food manufacturing plant located in Batu Pahat, Johor. Purposive sampling is used in this research as it purposely for maintenance personnel and a survey is done by distributing questionnaire to the maintenance personnel in the food manufacturing company. The outcome of this research is that relationship between human errors and OEE is a positive correlated.

Keywords: human errors, maintenance, availability, performace, quality, overall equipment effectiveness