Reconstructing Maritime Incidents and Accidents Using Causal Models for Safety Improvement: Based on a Case Study
No advance in navigation has yet to prevent the occurrence of accidents (incidents are always implied when we discuss accidents) at sea. At the same time, advances in accident models are possible, and may provide the basis for investigations and analyses to help prevent future adverse events and imp...
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| author | Lucjan Gucma Andrej Androjna Kinga Łazuga Peter Vidmar Marko Perkovič |
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| description | No advance in navigation has yet to prevent the occurrence of accidents (incidents are always implied when we discuss accidents) at sea. At the same time, advances in accident models are possible, and may provide the basis for investigations and analyses to help prevent future adverse events and improve the safety of marine transport systems. In such complex socio-technical systems models that treat accidents as the result of a chain or sequence of events are used most commonly. Such models are well suited to damage caused by failure of physical components in relatively simple systems. Although these often include methods for modeling human error, they do not cover broader aspects related to the management of the organization using the means of transport itself (shipowners) nor errors that may occur in the design phase. In particular, they do not cover changes in the systems over time. The paper presents accident investigation approaches and uses a modified causal model to analyze an incident that occurred in January 2019 on the city ferry in Świnoujście. The results of the analysis were used to provide guidelines for increasing safety at the crossing and to evaluate the accident analysis model used. Additionally, incidentally, through the study of this case we uncovered a problem in communication among stakeholders that unnecessarily complicates the models for the models for the improvement of safety. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b4bf98882844adb82610abd0c37f7fa2023-11-23T09:03:26ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122021-12-01912141410.3390/jmse9121414Reconstructing Maritime Incidents and Accidents Using Causal Models for Safety Improvement: Based on a Case StudyLucjan Gucma0Andrej Androjna1Kinga Łazuga2Peter Vidmar3Marko Perkovič4Faculty of Navigation, Maritime University of Szczecin, 70-500 Szczecin, PolandFaculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, University of Ljubljana, 6320 Portorož, SloveniaFaculty of Navigation, Maritime University of Szczecin, 70-500 Szczecin, PolandFaculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, University of Ljubljana, 6320 Portorož, SloveniaFaculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, University of Ljubljana, 6320 Portorož, SloveniaNo advance in navigation has yet to prevent the occurrence of accidents (incidents are always implied when we discuss accidents) at sea. At the same time, advances in accident models are possible, and may provide the basis for investigations and analyses to help prevent future adverse events and improve the safety of marine transport systems. In such complex socio-technical systems models that treat accidents as the result of a chain or sequence of events are used most commonly. Such models are well suited to damage caused by failure of physical components in relatively simple systems. Although these often include methods for modeling human error, they do not cover broader aspects related to the management of the organization using the means of transport itself (shipowners) nor errors that may occur in the design phase. In particular, they do not cover changes in the systems over time. The paper presents accident investigation approaches and uses a modified causal model to analyze an incident that occurred in January 2019 on the city ferry in Świnoujście. The results of the analysis were used to provide guidelines for increasing safety at the crossing and to evaluate the accident analysis model used. Additionally, incidentally, through the study of this case we uncovered a problem in communication among stakeholders that unnecessarily complicates the models for the models for the improvement of safety.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/12/1414accident investigation modelferry incidentaccident model |
| spellingShingle | Lucjan Gucma Andrej Androjna Kinga Łazuga Peter Vidmar Marko Perkovič Reconstructing Maritime Incidents and Accidents Using Causal Models for Safety Improvement: Based on a Case Study Journal of Marine Science and Engineering accident investigation model ferry incident accident model |
| title | Reconstructing Maritime Incidents and Accidents Using Causal Models for Safety Improvement: Based on a Case Study |
| title_full | Reconstructing Maritime Incidents and Accidents Using Causal Models for Safety Improvement: Based on a Case Study |
| title_fullStr | Reconstructing Maritime Incidents and Accidents Using Causal Models for Safety Improvement: Based on a Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reconstructing Maritime Incidents and Accidents Using Causal Models for Safety Improvement: Based on a Case Study |
| title_short | Reconstructing Maritime Incidents and Accidents Using Causal Models for Safety Improvement: Based on a Case Study |
| title_sort | reconstructing maritime incidents and accidents using causal models for safety improvement based on a case study |
| topic | accident investigation model ferry incident accident model |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/12/1414 |
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