scholarly journals ROUTES TO FAILURE AND PREVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS IN WORK SYSTEMS OF HYDROPOWER CONSTRUCTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiazhong ZHENG ◽  
Jianlan ZHOU ◽  
Fei WANG ◽  
Yang CHEN

There are many types of accidents with their own characteristics in hydropower construction. The accidents are mainly results of human errors. It is important to find out the routes to failure and give recommendations pertinently for different accident types. First, 869 accident investigation reports are collected and the human factors are filtered using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) framework, the norms which link the accident causes and human factors are also explored, the first three accident types are determined by the frequency statistics. The ranking of the factors and the norms of the three accident types is presented using the frequency statistics. The Chi-square, lambda and odds ratios are used to analyze the interdependences between adjacent level factors of three highest frequency accident types. At last, based on the correlation analysis between different human factors, the routes to failure can be determined; containing the norm frequency of factors, the safety recommendations are given to the different accident types pertinently. The results can be auxiliary and effective information for safety managers to conduct scientific and pertinent safety managements.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gui Ye ◽  
Qin Tan ◽  
Xiaoli Gong ◽  
Qingting Xiang ◽  
Yuhe Wang ◽  
...  

Human errors are one of the major contributors of accidents. In order to improve the safety performance, human errors have to be addressed. Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) has been developed as an analytical framework for the investigation of the role of human errors in aviation accidents. However, the HFACS framework did not reveal the relationships describing the effect among diverse factors at different levels. Similarly, its interior structure was not exposed. As a result, it is difficult to identify critical paths and key factors. Therefore, an improved Human Factors Analysis and Classification System in the construction industry (I-HFACS) was developed in this study. An analytical I-HFACS mechanism was designed to interpret how activities and decisions made by upper management lead to operator errors and subsequent accidents. Critical paths were highlighted. Similarly, key human factors were identified, that is, “regulatory factors,” “organizational process,” “supervisory violations,” “adverse spiritual state,” “skill underutilization,” “skill-based errors,” and “violations.” Findings provided useful references for the construction industry to improve the safety performance.


2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (8) ◽  
pp. 728-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara N. Cohen ◽  
Douglas A. Wiegmann ◽  
Scott A. Shappell

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (10) ◽  
pp. 1403-1411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Neuhaus ◽  
Matthias Huck ◽  
Götz Hofmann ◽  
Michael St. Pierre ◽  
Markus A. Weigand ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 168-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Theophilus ◽  
Victor N. Esenowo ◽  
Andrew O. Arewa ◽  
Augustine O. Ifelebuegu ◽  
Ernest O. Nnadi ◽  
...  

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