Hazard analysis in chemical complexes in Japan—especially those caused by human errors

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Accidents al Japanese chemical industrial complexes are examined from the past to the present at the Chiba, Mizushima, Sakai-Senpoku, Yokkaichi, Kashima and Tokushima-Ohtake areas. Comparisons with the number of accidents caused by hard errors and soft errors were made; where the hard errors are defined as the faults of the machines and facilities and the soft errors as the human errors and the faults of the systems. The results may be summarized as follows: the ratio of the number of accidents caused by the hard errors to the soft errors was approximately 2:3 at all areas. Using the data obtained through a questionnaire on the potential accidents from about 200 workers engaged in the chemical industry, comparisons with the causes of the potential accidents and the actual accidents caused by human error were made and the results agreed approximately with the causes of the actual accidents.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: