Morshidi, Nur Azizah Arryanie and Pethie @ Petihie, Haziqah and Norazahar, Norafneeza (2018) Analyzing human factors contributing to the explosion in Texas Tech University laboratory. Journal Of Energy And Safety Technology (JEST), 1 (1). pp. 45-50. ISSN 2637-1030
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jest.v1n1.7
Abstract
This paper presents the use of human factor analysis and classification system (HFACS) for the explosion in the Texas Tech University laboratory. Human factor issues in the university laboratory were assessed according to four categories in HFACS: unsafe acts, precondition for unsafe acts, unsafe supervision, and organizational influences. The assessment showed that the student committed many errors due to precondition for unsafe acts, in particular no physical hazard evaluation required prior to conducting the experiment. Inadequate supervision in the university laboratory caused the presence of precondition for unsafe acts among students. The trajectory of human factor issues in the categories of unsafe acts, precondition for unsafe acts, and unsafe supervision pointed to the university’s organization. The human factor issues were analyzed according to three subcategories in organizational influences: resource management, organizational climate, and organizational process. The use of HFACS in the explosion in the Texas Tech University laboratory could demonstrate the sequence of failures and human factors leading to the accident.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | HFACS, human factors, organizational factors, university laboratory, unsafe acts |
Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
Divisions: | Chemical and Energy Engineering |
ID Code: | 82033 |
Deposited By: | Yanti Mohd Shah |
Deposited On: | 30 Sep 2019 09:00 |
Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2019 07:27 |
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