Systems Thinking Accident Analysis Models: A Systematic Review for Sustainable Safety Management

Mahdieh Delikhoon, Esmaeil Zarei, Osiris Valdez Banda, Mohammad Faridan and Ehsanollah Habibi
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Mahdieh Delikhoon: Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran
Esmaeil Zarei: Centre for Risk, Integrity and Safety Engineering (C-RISE), Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5, Canada
Osiris Valdez Banda: Research Group on Maritime Risk and Safety, Department of Applied Mechanics, Aalto University, 00076 Espoo, Finland
Mohammad Faridan: Environmental Health Research Center, Department of Occupational Health and Safety at Work Engineering, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad 68138-33946, Iran
Ehsanollah Habibi: Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-28

Abstract: Accident models are mental models that make it possible to understand the causality of adverse events. This research was conducted based on five major objectives: (i) to systematically review the relevant literature about AcciMap, STAMP, and FRAM models and synthesize the theoretical and experimental findings, as well as the main research flows; (ii) to examine the standalone and hybrid applications for modeling the leading factors of the accident and the behavior of sociotechnical systems; (iii) to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of exploring the research opportunities; (iv) to describe the safety and accident models in terms of safety-I-II-III; and finally, to investigate the impact of the systemic models’ applications in enhancing the system’s sustainability. The systematic models can identify contributory factors, functions, and relationships in different system levels which helps to increase the awareness of systems and enhance the sustainability of safety management. Furthermore, their hybrid extensions can significantly overcome the limitations of these models and provide more reliable information. Applying the safety II and III concepts and their approaches in the system can also progress their safety levels. Finally, the ethical control of sophisticated systems suggests that further research utilizing these methodologies should be conducted to enhance system analysis and safety evaluations.

Keywords: accident analyses; AcciMap; STAMP; FRAM; safety-III; sustainable system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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