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A review of human error in marine engine maintenance
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Islam, R and Anantharaman, M and Khan, F and Garaniya, V, A review of human error in marine engine maintenance, TransNav, 14, (1) pp. 43-47. ISSN 2083-6473 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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Official URL: http://www.transnav.eu/Journal_Vol._14_No._1-March...
DOI: doi:10.12716/1001.14.01.04
Abstract
Maritime safety involves minimizing error in all aspects of the marine system. Human error has
received much importance, being responsible for about 80% of the maritime accident worldwide. Currently,
more attention has been focused to reduce human error in marine engine maintenance. On-board marine
engine maintenance activities are often complex, where seafarers conduct maintenance activities in various
marine environmental (i.e. extreme weather, ship motions, noise, and vibration) and operational (i.e. work
overload and stress) conditions. These environmental and operational conditions, in combination with generic
human error tendencies, results in innumerable forms of error. There are numerous accidents that happened
due to the human error during the maintenance activities of a marine engine. The most severe human error
results in accidents due to is a loss of life. Moreover, there are other consequences too such as delaying the
productivity of marine operations which results in the financial loss. This study reviews methods that are
currently available for identifying, reporting and managing human error in marine engine maintenance. As a
basis for this discussion, authors provide an overview of approaches for investigating human error, and a
description of marine engine maintenance activities and environmental and operational characteristics.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | literature review, human error, maintenance, marine engine |
| Research Division: | Engineering |
| Research Group: | Maritime engineering |
| Research Field: | Marine engineering |
| Objective Division: | Transport |
| Objective Group: | Water transport |
| Objective Field: | International sea freight transport (excl. live animals, food products and liquefied gas) |
| UTAS Author: | Islam, R (Dr T M Rabiul Islam) |
| UTAS Author: | Anantharaman, M (Dr Mohan Anantharaman) |
| UTAS Author: | Garaniya, V (Associate Professor Vikram Garaniya) |
| ID Code: | 138252 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
| Deposited By: | Seafaring and Maritime Operations |
| Deposited On: | 2020-03-30 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-06-07 |
| Downloads: | 23 View Download Statistics |
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