A Technique for the Retrospective and Predictive Analysis of Cognitive Errors for the Oil and Gas Industry (TRACEr-OGI)

Safety

George Agyekum-Mensah¹  Ikpang E. Ekpenyong¹  Andrew O. Arewa¹  Tochukwu O. Ajare¹  Stephen C. Theophilus¹  Augustine O. Ifelebuegu¹ 

[1] Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, School of Energy Construction and Environment, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK;

关键词: TRACEr;    human error;    task error;    accident investigation;    offshore oil and gas;   

DOI  :  10.3390/safety3040023

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Human error remains a major cause of several accidents in the oil and gas (O&G) industry. While human error has been analysed in several industries and has been at the centre of many debates and commentaries, a detailed, systematic and comprehensive analysis of human error in the O&G industry has not yet been conducted. Hence, this report aims to use the Technique for Retrospective and Predictive Analysis of Cognitive Errors (TRACEr) to analyse historical accidents in the O&G industry. The study has reviewed 163 major and/or fatal O&G industry accidents that occurred between 2000 and 2014. The results obtained have shown that the predominant context for errors was internal communication, mostly influenced by factors of perception. Major accident events were crane accidents and falling objects, relating to the most dominant accident type: ‘Struck by’. The main actors in these events were drillers and operators. Generally, TRACEr proved very useful in identifying major task errors. However, the taxonomy was less useful in identifying both equipment errors and errors due to failures in safety critical control barriers and recovery measures. Therefore, a modified version of the tool named Technique for the Retrospective and Predictive Analysis of Cognitive Errors for the Oil and Gas Industry (TRACEr-OGI) was proposed and used. This modified analytical tool was consequently found to be more effective for accident analysis in the O&G industry.

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