Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents

Kidam, Kamarizan; Hurme, Markku

doi:10.1016/j.psep.2012.02.001

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“…There are always multiple contributors in accidents, 2.2 on average. The ranking list of the four most common main contributors is the same as above for all contributors, but the frequencies differ somewhat (16,14,13 and 12 %, respectively). It was also found that some accident contributors act more often as main than as subcontributors.…”

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“…Furthermore, Prem et al [1] analyzed three major accident databases in the USA and found that 57-63 % of the accidents were initiated by equipment failure. A specific analysis on the process equipment failures was recently carried out by Kidam and Hurme [13]. A specific analysis on the process equipment failures was recently carried out by Kidam and Hurme [13].…”

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“…However, no further analysis was made on the root causes of the equipment failures. A specific analysis on the process equipment failures was recently carried out by Kidam and Hurme [13]. They found that the majority (78 %) of equipment failures were caused by technical aspects including faults in design, interface and safety analysis.…”

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Statistical Analysis of Contributors to Chemical Process Accidents

Kidam

Hurme

2012

Chem Eng & Technol

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A database study of accident contributors in the chemical process industry (CPI) was carried out. All 364 CPI-related accidents available in the Failure Knowledge Database were analyzed to identify the main and the subcontributors of the accidents. The accident contributors were ranked in accordance with their frequency and importance in accident prevention. The most common accident contributors were the human and organizational aspects in operation (19 % of contributors), contamination (11 %), flow-related issues (11 %), and heat transfer (10 %). In the main contributor analysis, the same classes of contributors were also the most frequent causes of accidents. A four-quadrant analysis identified the most important contributors to be focused on in accident prevention: contamination, flowrelated and heat transfer categories. The relationships between the contributors were also studied using an interconnection matrix, which revealed three functional groups of accident contributors. Their relationships were illustrated through an interconnection diagram.

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Statistical Analysis of Contributors to Chemical Process Accidents

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Hurme

2012

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“…The BP Texas City incident report by Baker (2007) stated the importance that "…a process safety culture survey be conducted among the workforce at BP's U.S. refineries". Incident analysis in the petrochemical sector was evaluated by Foord et al, (2006) and later by Kiddam et al, (2012) and 20% of all incidents were attributed to human factors deficiencies. Largest proportions of organizational and human failures were related to storage tanks, piping systems and process vessels accidents.…”

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Assessing Process Safety Culture Maturity for Specialty Gas Operations

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2018

IJSS

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“…Several significant contributions from researches related to major accidents have been recorded in the chemical process industry. These include the works of Kidam and Hurme (Kidam and Hurme, 2013), Cheng et al (Cheng et al, 2013) and Fabiano and Currò (Fabiano and Currò, 2012).…”

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A study of maintenance-related major accident cases in the 21st century

Okoh

Haugen

2014

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

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This paper is based on a review of 183 detailed, major accident investigation and analysis reports related to the handling, processing and storage of hydrocarbons and hazardous chemicals over a decade from 2000 to 2011. The reports cover technical, human and organizational factors. In this paper, the Work and Accident Process (WAP) classification scheme is applied to the accident reports with the intention of investigating to what extent maintenance has been a cause of major accidents and what maintenance-related causes have been the most frequent.The main objectives are: (1) To present more current overall statistics of maintenance-related major accidents, (2) To investigate the trend of maintenance-related major accidents over time, and (3) To investigate which maintenance-related major accident causes are the most frequent, requiring the most attention in the drive for improvement.The paper presents statistical analysis and interpretation of maintenance-related major accidents' moving averages as well as data related to the types of facility, hazardous substances, major accidents and causes. This is based on a thorough review of accident investigation reports.It is found that out of 183 major accidents in the US and Europe, maintenance was linked to 80 (44%) and that the accident trend is decreasing. The results also show that "Lack of barrier maintenance" (50%), "Deficient design, organization and resource management" (85%) and "Deficient planning/scheduling/fault diagnosis" (69%) are the most frequent causes in terms of the active accident process, the latent accident process and the work process respectively.

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Analysis of equipment failures as contributors to chemical process accidents

Cited by 79 publications

References 12 publications

Statistical Analysis of Contributors to Chemical Process Accidents

Statistical Analysis of Contributors to Chemical Process Accidents

Assessing Process Safety Culture Maturity for Specialty Gas Operations

A study of maintenance-related major accident cases in the 21st century

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