Citation

Zarei E, Yazdi M, Abbassi R, Khan F. J. Loss Prev. Process Ind. 2019; 57: 142-155.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jlp.2018.11.015

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Human factors are the largest contributing factors to unsafe operation of the chemical process systems. Conventional methods of human factor assessment are often static, unable to deal with data and model uncertainty, and to consider independencies among failure modes. To overcome the above limitations, this paper presents a hybrid dynamic human factor model considering Human Factor Analysis and Classification System (HFACS), intuitionistic fuzzy set theory, and Bayesian network. The model is tested on accident scenarios which have occurred in a hot tapping operation of a natural gas pipeline. The results demonstrate that poor occupational safety training, failure to implement risk management principles, and ignoring reporting unsafe conditions were the factors that contributed most failures causing accident. The potential risk-based safety measures for preventing similar accidents are discussed. The application of the model confirms its robustness in estimating impact rate (degree) of human factor induced failures, consideration of the conditional dependency, and a dynamic and flexible modelling structure.

Keywords: Pipeline transportation

Language: en

Keywords

Bayesian network; Fuzzy AHP; HFACS; Human reliability assessment; Process industries