Quantitative Study on Human Error in Emergency Activities of Road Transportation Leakage Accidents of Hazardous Chemicals

Wei Jiang (), Zhishun Huang, Zonghao Wu, Huiyuan Su and Xiangping Zhou
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Wei Jiang: School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Ding No. 11 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
Zhishun Huang: Beijing Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Courtyard 40, Yungang Beili, Fengtai District, Beijing 100074, China
Zonghao Wu: School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Ding No. 11 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
Huiyuan Su: School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Ding No. 11 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
Xiangping Zhou: School of Emergency Management and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Ding No. 11 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-17

Abstract: The emergency rescue process of road transportation leakage accidents involving hazardous chemicals is complex and includes various emergency activities. A quantitative study of human errors in emergency activities is conducive to seeking the focus of the emergency rescue process. To quantitatively analyze human error in emergency activities during the emergency rescue process of road transportation leakage accidents of hazardous chemicals, sequentially timed events plotting (STEP) and the cognitive reliability and error analysis method (CREAM), were used. First, STEP was used to analyze six laws, regulations and standards, as well as 54 accident cases, to derive 24 emergency activities in the emergency rescue process. Then, CREAM was used to analyze and obtain the probability of human error for each emergency activity. Two high error level emergency activities, five medium error level emergency activities, and seventeen low error level emergency activities were identified after the human error levels of the emergency activities were classified. The results show that two emergency activities, the initial handling of the accident, and cleanup of the leakage site, should be prioritized in the emergency rescue process of road transportation leakage accidents of hazardous chemicals.

Keywords: hazardous chemical; road transport leakage accident; emergency activities; CREAM; human error (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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