Increasing Human Reliability in the Chemical Process Industry Using Human Factors Techniques

Kariuki, Simon Gitahi; Löwe, Katharina

doi:10.1205/psep.05160

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“…Human factors are classified into workplace and operator factors that positively or negatively affect the performance of workers and act as an important cause of accidents related to hazardous chemicals [ 14 , 15 ]. Several studies have addressed the importance of management of human factors.…”

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Classification of Human Failure in Chemical Plants: Case Study of Various Types of Chemical Accidents in South Korea from 2010 to 2017

Jung

Pak

Lee

2021

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The increasing use and distribution of chemicals are causing serious chemical accidents such as fires, explosions, and leaks during manufacturing and handling. In most cases, all risks caused by chemicals are classified as accidents due to defects in process facilities, human errors, and multi-cause accidents. Among chemical accidents caused by human errors, accurate analysis of accidents caused by the complex action of various types of human failures is required. Based on the accident investigation reports that occurred in South Korea from 2010 to 2017, chemical accidents caused by human failure were analyzed, and the fundamental causes were derived by classifying them into human error and violation. Human failure was analyzed according to the classification criteria for human failure of health and safety executive (HSE). As a result of the analysis, several types of human failure acted in combination to be a more significant cause of chemical accidents; incorrect application of process rules and procedures, inappropriate chemical information, lack of education, and defects in the current safety regulation were analyzed as the main causes. In addition, the cause of human errors was presented through case studies of chemical accidents in South Korea.

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Classification of Human Failure in Chemical Plants: Case Study of Various Types of Chemical Accidents in South Korea from 2010 to 2017

Jung

Pak

Lee

2021

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Towards Model‐based HSI Engineering: A Universal HSI Model for Utility Optimization

Harel¹

2022

INCOSE International Symp

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This article targets designers of tools for developing utility‐critical systems, including safety‐critical, usability‐critical, and productivity‐critical systems, as well as consumer products. Analyses of operational failure case studies indicate that many of them are due to insufficient support for coping with operational complexity. Operational complexity may be defined in terms of exceptional situations. Prior studies indicate the feasibility of reducing the operational complexity by merging theories from various domains with practices employed in various industries. The article presents a semi‐quantitative study of a universal HSI model, consisting of seven layers of generic mini models (GMM) used to cope with exceptions. Following the APA guidelines, the paper has four sections: introduction, method, results, and discussion.

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Systematic approach to incorporate human factors into a process plant design

Widiputri¹,

Löwe²,

Löher³

2009

Process Safety Progress

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Despite the increasing number of accidents in process industry caused by human error, there are still too few efforts devoted to this area. This is mainly caused by people's tendency to overestimate human's capability in interacting with their working environment and moreover by the unavailability of reliable analysis methods. Because of the current lack of adequate methods, human factors (HF) analysis is not widely performed in process industry. Some HF techniques developed in the process industry were examined regarding their practical applicability and were unfortunately proved to be unsuitable for an elaborate HF analysis. Therefore, a new approach was developed, which provides a systematic way in performing a qualitative HF analysis to achieve a safer operation and decrease the number of human failure events. HF consideration during the design of a process plant is the key to minimize accidents caused by human error in process industry. Thus, an approach to incorporate HF into design phase is described in this article, which can help achieving a safer operation as early as possible with minimized costs. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog 2009

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Increasing Human Reliability in the Chemical Process Industry Using Human Factors Techniques

Cited by 22 publications

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Classification of Human Failure in Chemical Plants: Case Study of Various Types of Chemical Accidents in South Korea from 2010 to 2017

Classification of Human Failure in Chemical Plants: Case Study of Various Types of Chemical Accidents in South Korea from 2010 to 2017

Towards Model‐based HSI Engineering: A Universal HSI Model for Utility Optimization

Systematic approach to incorporate human factors into a process plant design

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