Publication: Human factors analysis by classifying chemical accidents into operations
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2023-05-01
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In the chemical industry, organizational and operational human factors significantly contribute to accidents. Chemical accidents occur in various operations of the industry due to a range of
factors. Understanding the relationship between these factors and the accidents that happen is crucial
in preventing similar accidents from happening repeatedly and promoting sustainability. Therefore,
this study was divided into five operations: maintenance repair, process, loading unloading, storage,
and shutdown startup of the chemical industry, to provide a more concrete, intuitive explanation
of the interplay between causes and illustrate the routes to failure. The data were collected from
251 accident reports from various online data. The study was analyzed using the Human Factors
Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) method as a conceptual framework. Each level’s frequency variables were obtained to define nominal and ordinal data. The chi-square test and Fisher’s
exact test were used in the difference analysis of data in the model. The results show that the
high-frequency accidents caused under the HFACS framework were organizational processes in the
process (63.73%), in the storage (70.58%), and in the shutdown startup (91.66%), and skill-based errors
in the maintenance repair (81.81%) and in the loading unloading (66.03%). Furthermore, resource
management, technological environment, and personal readiness were significantly correlated with
the operations. Human factors have differences in different operations in the chemical industry.
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Mühendislik ve Teknoloji, Engineering and Technology, Mühendislik, Bilişim ve Teknoloji (ENG), Engineering, Computing & Technology (ENG), human factor, human error, chemical accident, HFACS, accident analysis
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Yalçın E., Çiftçioğlu G. A., Güzel D. H. B., "Human Factors Analysis by Classifying Chemical Accidents into Operations", SUSTAINABILITY, cilt.15, sa.10, ss.8129-8145, 2023