Citation

Verma A, Maiti J, Gaikwad VN. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2018; 25(2): 180-194.

Affiliation

Chief Safety (India and SEA), Tata Steel Limited , Jamshedpur , India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300.2017.1416482

PMID

29280419

Abstract

Large integrated steel plants employ an effective safety management system and gather a significant amount of safety-related data. This research intends to explore and visualize the rich database to find out the key factors responsible for the occurrences of incidents. The study was carried out on the data in the form of investigation reports collected from a steel plant in India. The data were processed and analysed using some of the quality management tools like Pareto chart, control chart, Ishikawa diagram, etc. Analyses showed that causes of incidents differ depending on the activities performed in a department. For example, fire/explosion and process-related incidents are more common in the departments associated with coke-making and blast furnace. Similar kind of factors were obtained, and recommendations were provided for their mitigation. Finally, the limitations of the study were discussed, and the scope of the research works was identified.

Language: en

Keywords

Safety management system; incident investigation; quality management tools; safety factors; safety performance