Systematic review of human and organizational risks for probabilistic risk analysis in high-rise buildings

Samson Tan and Khalid Moinuddin

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2019, vol. 188, issue C, 233-250

Abstract: For fire risk experts, the most parsimonious model is one that identifies errors due to human and organizational factors (HOFs) that can be changed through a series of interventions. This is a difficult task because of the dearth of studies to identify these types of events. However, it is possible to examine and identify human and organizational errors (HOEs) within fire risk situations. Many errors identified in fire risk environments are due to human factors that can be changed through employee training and development. In addition, many organizational factors, such as safety culture, can be changed over time through transformational interventions that shift existing mindsets. This paper presents a systematic review to identify errors due to human and organizational factors that apply to and potentially affect risk estimates in fire safety modelling of high-rise buildings. First, the paper describes the types of errors that occur in fire risk situations and then provides a review that categorizes and links human and organizational factors. The paper is both a qualitative and quantitative review, drawing on research from quantitative studies and case studies, including the Grenfell Fire. The review offers insights and recommendations to incorporate human and organizational risks into probabilistic risk analyses and suggests future directions for research.

Keywords: Fire risk; Human and organizational risks; Human and organizational errors; Probabilistic risk assessment; High-rise buildings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2019.03.012

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