Tag: human error

The HOP Principle "Blame Fixes Nothing" recognizes that most errors or incidents are not solely the result of individual failures but are often the product of broader systemic issues.

When the brain does not rest properly, you are vulnerable to the dangerous phenomenon of “microsleep”. If that doesn't sound dangerous to you, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) can present an example, as a captain’s microsleep was deemed the reason behind a vessel grounding in July 2022.

Over the past few years, the industry has managed a significant drop in reported shipping losses and errors with improvements in ship design, maritime technology, regulation and risk management systems. Dealing with the human factor, though, is unpredictable. Human error and marine accidents seem to be strongly intertwined. From small fires to big explosions seafarers play a key role. No matter how far maritime technology goes, people are always going to be needed in this industry to keep the ship in motion.

Following the first edition of the Safety & Loss Prevention Briefings Compendium, published in January 2022 by the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS), a second edition has been launched covering the period January to October 2022.

CHIRP Maritime has received several near miss reports relating to fuel oil leakage that demonstrate the high risk of a fire due to human errors.

Fire and explosion, natural catastrophes and faulty workmanship or maintenance have been the major causes of loss by value of insurance claims.

The International Institute of Marine Surveying has published a special publication, entitled the 'IIMS 2021 Safety & Loss Prevention Briefings Compendium' featuring incident and accident reports, and loss prevention measures/guidance that were issued in 2021.

Whenever there is an accident involving the loss of cargo on a ship, the blame is often placed on the ship’s crew but is this justified? Are we ignoring issues in the cargo chain upstream, and during the shore-ship interface?

Digital technologies are triggering a revolution in the way ships are navigating. The traditional structure of a mariner’s working life will be reformed.

After realizing that people make mistakes, people’s actions are rarely malicious and mistakes are typically due to conditions and systems that make work difficult, the fourth guiding principle out of the eight OCIMF principals on human factors, comes to highlight the importance of understanding the conditions in which mistakes happen in order to prevent and correct them.