Stress, fatigue, situation awareness and safety in offshore drilling crews

Sneddon, Anne; Mearns, Kathryn; Flin, Rhona

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“…However, after the technology was implemented, other crew members made active errors that could have resulted in losing the well due to insufficient understanding of the new technology (Reason, 1990). This could be a result of the complexity of the project, where the design solutions did not adequately allow for different competencies amongst the end users (Gordon, 1996;Milch & Laumann, 2016;Rasmussen, 1991;Sneddon, Mearns, & Flin, 2013).…”

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A study of a technological development process: Human factors—the forgotten factors?

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The aim of this study was to explore how human factors were taken into account in the development of a new type of drilling equipment. This study is part of a larger project on the understanding of human factors in the design and implementation of automated drilling technology. The principal study was a longitudinal study lasting 4 years that involved 43 interviews, offshore and onshore observations, and 2 surveys. MethodThe analysis in this paper is based on 7 informants who were either part of the design team or the paramount project team developing new automated drilling technology for an offshore oil-and gas-producing installation in the same development project, in addition to project documents. The informants were interviewed using semi-structured interviews, and grounded theory based on the coding process of Corbin and Strauss (1990) was used to analyse the data. 2 ResultsThe core category was found to be insufficient human factor analyses performed in the development phase due to the two main categories, namely 1) insufficient information coordination and 2) narrow focus in different phases of the project. This was found to contribute to increased costs, low user friendliness, and end users' insufficient knowledge of safe usage and potential risks. ConclusionOur conclusion was that homogenous top competence involving technical aspects contributed to developers' lack of understanding of the need for sufficient analyses of end user requirements and of the tasks that would be affected by the new technology. Hence, we argue that technological development could benefit from including human factors experts from the project's outset to bridge the gap between the lack of relevant information and sufficient information on which to base development decisions. In addition, we contend that performing human factors analyses throughout the development of a project would be beneficial due to the potential of hindering cultural aspects such as a non-questioning culture, which is viewed as a hazard in high-risk organizations.Keywords: human factors, human reliability, automated technology, safety, petroleum industry, technology development 3 IntroductionThe offshore oil and gas industry is considered a high-risk industry where minor incidents can lead to major accidents; thus, safety is a main priority (Årstad et al., 2010).Consequences of non-successful development and implementation of new technology have the potential of resulting in unwanted incidents and, in worst-case scenarios, major accidents.Because studies from the nuclear industry show that between 20 and 50% of incidents involve design mistakes (Taylor, 2007), it is important to involve strategies that ensure safety in technological development projects. Traditionally, the focus on safety in the development of new technology has been on technical aspects. Although lately there has been a growing focus on the human end users of the technology (ISO 11064, 2000;NORSOK, 2004 Saetren and Laumann (2015a) conducted a study where they found that too much trus...

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“…Previous studies have demonstrated that occupational SA is related to workplace safety behavior and accident occurrence (1,5,30). Hence, this research aimed to discover how fatalistic beliefs and safety climate, as psychological and organizational factors, can affect occupational SA.…”

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The role of fatalistic beliefs and safety climate in predicting work situation awareness among workers of one petrochemical industry in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2014

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Received: February 2015, Accepted: April 2015 Background: An important factor in the prevention of industrial accidents is the ability of employees to maintain awareness of the work situation, understand the information it holds, and predict how situations will develop. In the present study, we examined the role of fatalistic beliefs and safety climate in predicting occupational situation awareness (SA) among workers. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 180 employees of one petrochemical industry in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2014. Subjects were selected using the stratified random sampling method and responded to questionnaires about demographic characteristics, occupational SA (Sneddon et al.), fatalistic beliefs (Williamson et al.), and safety climate (Hayes et al.). The data were analyzed using correlation techniques and stepwise regression. Results:The results showed internal correlation among fatalistic beliefs, safety climate, and occupational SA. Moreover, the results of stepwise regression analysis revealed that fatalistic beliefs and safety climate significantly predicted, respectively, almost 18% and 20% of variances of occupational SA among workers. Conclusions: According to the findings of the present study, fatalistic beliefs and safety climate can predict occupational SA. Therefore, considering these variables can be important in promoting the awareness of work situation among workers.

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“…The self-report Work Situation Awareness rating tool was employed to examine the impact on stress, sleep disruption and fatigue on SA, as well as the relationship between SA and unsafe behaviour and incident involvement in drilling (Sneddon, Mearns & Flin, 2013). Interviews with drill crew members and observations of well control scenarios in a high-fidelity simulator were conducted and utilized to develop the Drillers' SA model (Roberts et al, 2015b) (see Figure 1), as based upon Endsley's (1995) More recently, the Drillers' SA model has also been used to examine process safety in the drilling industry as an accident analysis framework to examine the drill crew's SA on Deepwater Horizon (Roberts et al, 2015b).…”

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How to recognise a kick: A cognitive task analysis of drillers’ situation awareness during well operations

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Stress, fatigue, situation awareness and safety in offshore drilling crews

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A study of a technological development process: Human factors—the forgotten factors?

A study of a technological development process: Human factors—the forgotten factors?

The role of fatalistic beliefs and safety climate in predicting work situation awareness among workers of one petrochemical industry in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2014

How to recognise a kick: A cognitive task analysis of drillers’ situation awareness during well operations

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