Mental wellbeing; Human reliability assessment of seafarers during the COVID-19 era
ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm and disrupted global trade and maritime activities. Seafarers suffered immensely as most of their activities were affected due to the lockdown and travel restrictions placed by most governments to protect their borders. This had an impact on most...
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| description | ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm and disrupted global trade and maritime activities. Seafarers suffered immensely as most of their activities were affected due to the lockdown and travel restrictions placed by most governments to protect their borders. This had an impact on mostly their mental health as most of their routine became disrupted, travel plans were cancelled, and some fear of losing their jobs due to uncertainty. This research focuses on the impact the lockdown had on the mental health of seafarers and how it affects their human error probability value during COVID-19 by utilizing the HEART methodology. The conventional HEART technique is not precisely developed to be applied in the marine and offshore sector, so it was imperative to modify it to capture the key factors this research would be measuring which include fatigue, poor communication, depression, sleep deprivation, and how they influence the Human Error Probability (HEP) value of seafarers. To properly factor in these influencing factors, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to expert seafarers to weigh each factor in other to develop the Error Influencing Factor (EIF) table to further boost the accuracy of this research. For this research, the scenario used is a pre-mooring task carried out by seafarers. The result shows that the HEP value changes by over 55% from 6.1676E–2 before covid-19, to 6.1960E–1 during covid-19. Event Tree analysis was also carried out using the individual HEP values to calculate the probability of failure of the mooring ropes. The result shows that the probability of failure during COVID-19 is higher when compared. The application of this modified HEART technique confirms that COVID-19 lockdown had a negative impact on these factors that influence the mental well-being of seafarers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a3af75a3fb394e4fb00c22b1d11d10bd2023-03-22T08:32:46ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping2572-50842023-01-017110.1080/25725084.2023.2184604Mental wellbeing; Human reliability assessment of seafarers during the COVID-19 eraDesmond Onakpojeruo0Byongug Jeong1Chybyung Park2Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKDepartment of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKDepartment of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm and disrupted global trade and maritime activities. Seafarers suffered immensely as most of their activities were affected due to the lockdown and travel restrictions placed by most governments to protect their borders. This had an impact on mostly their mental health as most of their routine became disrupted, travel plans were cancelled, and some fear of losing their jobs due to uncertainty. This research focuses on the impact the lockdown had on the mental health of seafarers and how it affects their human error probability value during COVID-19 by utilizing the HEART methodology. The conventional HEART technique is not precisely developed to be applied in the marine and offshore sector, so it was imperative to modify it to capture the key factors this research would be measuring which include fatigue, poor communication, depression, sleep deprivation, and how they influence the Human Error Probability (HEP) value of seafarers. To properly factor in these influencing factors, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to expert seafarers to weigh each factor in other to develop the Error Influencing Factor (EIF) table to further boost the accuracy of this research. For this research, the scenario used is a pre-mooring task carried out by seafarers. The result shows that the HEP value changes by over 55% from 6.1676E–2 before covid-19, to 6.1960E–1 during covid-19. Event Tree analysis was also carried out using the individual HEP values to calculate the probability of failure of the mooring ropes. The result shows that the probability of failure during COVID-19 is higher when compared. The application of this modified HEART technique confirms that COVID-19 lockdown had a negative impact on these factors that influence the mental well-being of seafarers.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25725084.2023.2184604Human Reliability AssessmentHuman error assessment and reduction techniqueHuman error probabilityEvent tree analysishuman factor risk assessment |
| spellingShingle | Desmond Onakpojeruo Byongug Jeong Chybyung Park Mental wellbeing; Human reliability assessment of seafarers during the COVID-19 era Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping Human Reliability Assessment Human error assessment and reduction technique Human error probability Event tree analysis human factor risk assessment |
| title | Mental wellbeing; Human reliability assessment of seafarers during the COVID-19 era |
| title_full | Mental wellbeing; Human reliability assessment of seafarers during the COVID-19 era |
| title_fullStr | Mental wellbeing; Human reliability assessment of seafarers during the COVID-19 era |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental wellbeing; Human reliability assessment of seafarers during the COVID-19 era |
| title_short | Mental wellbeing; Human reliability assessment of seafarers during the COVID-19 era |
| title_sort | mental wellbeing human reliability assessment of seafarers during the covid 19 era |
| topic | Human Reliability Assessment Human error assessment and reduction technique Human error probability Event tree analysis human factor risk assessment |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25725084.2023.2184604 |
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