Human Factors

摘要

Safety barrier integrity in ship operations, Simon Mockler, Tore Relling, Tobias King, DNV GL. Maritime safety regulations and inspection regimes have principally developed reactively in response to accidents and incidents in the industry. For the majority of the world's fleet the assurance of safety continues to be driven by reacting to what we are able to measure i.e. principally and predominantly occupational incidents and accidents, after the event. Broadly speaking, system safety is influenced by three measures: Personnel, Technical and Organizational. The system approach to safety has developed over a number of decades, but it has proven difficult to implement practically in the Maritime industry. DNV GL is currently pursuing methodologies which it believes would facilitate just this implementation. Proactive owners and operators have invested significant time and effort into a better appreciation of the critical barriers controlling occupational safety and major accident risks and are moving towards dynamic barrier management. The Maritime industry has lagged behind comparable industries in our understanding of the importance of the human element but in recent years has developed a greater appreciation of the importance of a strong safety culture within the organization as a contributor to safety management and barrier integrity. Recognizing the potential value of a holistic and dynamic approach to safety management, DNV GL is developing a methodology for the assessment of safety culture as an influence on barrier integrity, uniting two of the principal measures of safety performance.