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The role of human error in risk analysis: Application to pre- and post-maintenance procedures of process facilities
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Noroozi, A and Khakzad, N and Khan, F and Mackinnon, S and Abbassi, R, The role of human error in risk analysis: Application to pre- and post-maintenance procedures of process facilities, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 119 pp. 251-258. ISSN 0951-8320 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ress.2013.06.038
Abstract
Human factors play an important role in the safe operation of a facility. Human factors include the systematic application of information about human characteristics and behavior to increase the safety of a process system. A significant proportion of human errors occur during the maintenance phase. However, the quantification of human error probabilities in the maintenance phase has not been given the amount of attention it deserves. This paper focuses on a human factors analysis in pre-and post- pump maintenance operations. The procedures for removing process equipment from service (pre-maintenance) and returning the equipment to service (post-maintenance) are considered for possible failure scenarios. For each scenario, human error probability is calculated for each activity using the Success Likelihood Index Method (SLIM). Consequences are also assessed in this methodology. The risk assessment is conducted for each component and the overall risk is estimated by adding individual risks. The present study is aimed at highlighting the importance of considering human error in quantitative risk analyses. The developed methodology has been applied to a case study of an offshore process facility. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Event tree; Human error; Maintenance procedure; Risk analysis; SLIM; Event trees; Human error probability; Human errors; Maintenance operations; Maintenance procedures; Process equipments; Quantitative risk analysis; SLIM; Behavioral research |
| Research Division: | Engineering |
| Research Group: | Maritime Engineering |
| Research Field: | Ocean Engineering |
| Objective Division: | Mineral Resources (excl. Energy Resources) |
| Objective Group: | Environmentally Sustainable Mineral Resource Activities |
| Objective Field: | Environmentally Sustainable Mineral Resource Activities not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Khan, F (Professor Faisal Khan) |
| UTAS Author: | Abbassi, R (Dr Rouzbeh Abbassi) |
| ID Code: | 94545 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 32 |
| Deposited By: | NC Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics |
| Deposited On: | 2014-09-11 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-30 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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