Developing Incident and Near Miss Reporting in the Maritime Industry–A Case Study on the Baltic Sea

Storgård, Jenni; Erdogan, Ilknur; Lappalainen, Jouni; Tapaninen, Ulla

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1078

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“…the time when the observed company's fleet was completed, the company started to record safety errors that could have resulted in an accident. In order to minimise injuries, damage and Near Miss events [10], [11] the records have to focus on risk assessment, assessment of the situation safety or safety conditions. In practice, this procedure is known as the "Safety Observation" system or, in other words: systematic observation of safety errors that may potentially lead to an accident [12], [13].…”

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Accident Statistics and Key Performance Indicators in Marine Offshore Industry

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Maritime transport is the backbone of the world trade. One of its segments refers to maritime offshore industry. These companies perform specific activities and tasks related to the exploitation of natural gas and oil from the sea subsoil, in addition to the wind power plants installed in marine environment. This study focuses on oil and gas offshore companies. Over the past decades this industry has been faced with responsible management requirements, which in practice implies the implementation of measures aiming at prevention of ecological damage to the marine and coastal environment and subsoil. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) produces combined reports on offshore accidents and sets the excellence criteria based on statistical data. The companies comply with the responsible management principles which results in positive image within the industry and on the international market. This study has been based on accident reports for 264 offshore companies. Comparison of the average results in the observed group with the results of one selected offshore company has provided insights into deviations from the group average indicators. This has enabled an analysis of the causes of deviations at the selected company. In addition, the results have been studied from the standpoint of the sustainable growth and development of the company. Sažetak Pomorski promet okosnica je svjetske trgovine. Jedan dio odnosi se na odobalne pomorske kompanije. Ove kompanije obavljaju specijalizirane zadaće i aktivnosti povezane s eksploatacijom podmorja zemnim plinom i naftom ili vjetroelektrana koje se instaliraju u morskom okruženju. U ovom radu ciljana skupina upravo su odobalne pomorske kompanije za naftu i zemni plin. Posljednjih desetljeća ova je industrija izložena zahtjevima odgovornog poslovanja, što u praksi podrazumijeva implementaciju zaštitnih mjera za sprječavanje ekološke štete morskog te priobalnog okoliša i podmorja. Međunarodna pomorska udruga poduzetnika (engl. The International Marine Contractors Association-IMCA) izrađuje skupna izvješća o nezgodama za odobalne kompanije i na temelju statističkih podataka postavlja kriterije izvrsnosti. Kompanije prihvaćaju odgovorno poslovanje, a rezultat je pozitivan imidž u branši i na međunarodnom tržištu. U ovom radu istraživanje se temelji na podatcima o pomorskim nezgodama za 264 pomorske odobalne kompanije. Usporedbom prosječnih rezultata za promatranu skupinu kompanija s rezultatima (jedne) izabrane odobalne kompanije, došlo se do uvida o odstupanjima u odnosu na grupne pokazatelje. Shodno nalazu, istraženi su uzroci odstupanja kod promatrane odobalne pomorske kompanije. Isto je promatrano i sa stajališta održivog rasta i razvoja ove kompanije.

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“…dk), one in Sweden (Insjö), and one in Finland (ForeSea). Their significance in terms of safety management has, however, been minor as seafarers' motivation to report problems is low due, for example, to the blame culture that still exists within the maritime industry [60,61].…”

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“…These studies have (1) assessed the causes and likelihood of shipping accidents [62.5.63], (2) analyzed the consequences of accidents for ships and/or passengers [64][65][66]), or the ecosystem [67,6], and (3) evaluated risk control options and provided recommendations for policy [28,[68][69][70][71][72][73]. Several studies have focussed on oil combating [43,44,74], incident reporting [60,61], and safety policy instruments [13,75].…”

Section: The Gulf Of Finland and Its Safety Regimementioning

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“…It has the potential to build an understanding of maritime safety as a holistic system consisting of technical, human, and environmental components, improve the commitment of seafarers to the agreed policies, generate trust, and support social learning [142][143][144][145]. Further, it can enhance a positive safety culture within the shipping industry, and thereby support risk reporting, decrease human failures, and break the blame culture [78,146,60,147,61]. A direct influence on the safety culture, and corporate social responsibility of shipping companies can even decrease the need for regulatory policy instruments [1 , 48,149].…”

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A proactive approach for maritime safety policy making for the Gulf of Finland: Seeking best practices

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a b s t r a c tA rapid increase in maritime traffic together with challenging navigation conditions and a vulnerable ecosystem has evoked calls for improving maritime safety in the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea. It is suggested that these improvements will be the result of adopting a regionally effective proactive approach to safety policy formulation and management. A proactive approach is grounded on a formal process of identifying, assessing and evaluating accident risks, and adjusting policies or management practices before accidents happen. Currently, maritime safety is globally regulated by internationally agreed prescriptive rules, which are usually revised in reaction to accidents. The proactive Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) is applied to risks common to a ship type or to a particular hazard, when deemed necessary, whereas regional FSA applications are rare. An extensive literature review was conducted in order to examine the opportunities for developing a framework for the GoF for handling regional risks at regional level. Best practices were sought from nuclear safety management and fisheries management, and from a particular case related to maritime risk management. A regional approach that sees maritime safety as a holistic system, and manages it by combining a scientific risk assessment with stakeholder input to identify risks and risk control options, and to evaluate risks is proposed. A regional risk governance framework can improve safety by focusing on actual regional risks, designing tailor-made safety measures to control them, enhancing a positive safety culture in the shipping industry, and by increasing trust among all involved.

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“…Systematic reporting may facilitate preventive measures. However, the reliability of reporting in the maritime industry has been shown to be of various quality (Storgård, Erdogan, Lappalainen, & Tapaninen, 2012). Whether a given incident is reported depends on the employees' willingness to invest time and energy in writing accurate reports when an incident occurs.…”

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Can Survey Measures Predict Subsequent Key Performance Indicators of Maritime Safety? Confirmatory and Exploratory Analyses of the Association between Self - report and Objective Indices

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2020

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We need reliable knowledge about what causes and prevents accidents in order to manage safety. Such associations are often investigated with self-report measures of psychological factors. However, few studies in the maritime industry have investigated the extent to which self-report measures predict objectively registered accidents. The current pre-registered study used structural equation modelling to test whether self-reported individual safety-related factors predicted objective safety outcomes in the following year. The study was conducted among crew on chemical tanker vessels operating in Arctic and Baltic waters. The pre-registered model and the expected associations between self-reported safety factors and safety outcomes were not supported. However, an exploratory model based on the pre-registered hypotheses supported an association between self-reported safe behaviour and the overall number of safety outcomes. While much safety research builds on the assumption that self-reported behaviour, attitude or cognitions are causally related to actual accidents, the current study shows that such a relationship can be difficult to confirm. We recommend more caution in assuming a causal relationship between self-reported psychological factors and safety outcomes until a causal relationship can be established.

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Developing Incident and Near Miss Reporting in the Maritime Industry–A Case Study on the Baltic Sea

Cited by 22 publications

References 10 publications

Accident Statistics and Key Performance Indicators in Marine Offshore Industry

Accident Statistics and Key Performance Indicators in Marine Offshore Industry

A proactive approach for maritime safety policy making for the Gulf of Finland: Seeking best practices

Can Survey Measures Predict Subsequent Key Performance Indicators of Maritime Safety? Confirmatory and Exploratory Analyses of the Association between Self - report and Objective Indices

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