The effect of nonconformities encountered in the use of technology on the occurrence of collision, contact and grounding accidents

Mehmet Kaptan, Uğurlu, Özkan and Jin Wang

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2021, vol. 215, issue C

Abstract: Technology and its innovative applications make life easier and reduce the workload on seafarers. Today's ship bridges have much more modern and integrated navigation systems than before, and the ship's handling and management have become much easier. However, nonconformities encountered in the use of technological devices may cause accidents. In this study, the effect of human factor related errors associated with the use of the bridge's electronic navigational devices on grounding and collision-contact accidents was investigated. Nonconformities obtained from 175 collision-contact and 115 grounding accident reports were qualitatively analysed by means of human factor analysis and a classification system. Afterwards, relationships between nonconformities and their probabilities were evaluated quantitatively via a Bayesian network method. As a result of the study, the accident network was revealed. This accident network summarizes how operating errors in the use of technological equipment cause accidents. Recommendations on the prevention of accidents caused by operating errors associated with the use of new technologies are finally given.

Keywords: Accident analysis; Bayesian network; HFACS-PV; Marine accident; Human factor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2021.107886

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