Safety management on a refinery maintenance turnaround

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Cardoso, AG (Autor) Outra; Queiros, MD (Autor) Outra; Meireles, JM (Autor) Outra; Miguel Tato Diogo (Autor) FEUP

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HYGIENE II

Páginas: 505-510

10th Annual Congress of the Portuguese-Society-of-Occupational-Safety-and-Hygiene on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO)

Guimaraes, PORTUGAL, FEB 13-14, 2014

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citação

Scopus - 1 Citação

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ID Authenticus: P-009-4CM

Abstract (EN): Programmed maintenance is an essential part of safety management in high risk industries such as oil refineries and their life cycle. Maintenance turnaround tasks are diverse and constitute an exceptional universe of risks. In this article we intend to discuss if during maintenance turnarounds there is an increase of undesired events and human factor role. Maintenance activities usually represent an increase in accidents and incidents frequency. Accidents can have origin in a series of causes amongst human factor, being human error the most unpredictable. Considering this, we suggest that effective safety management depends on a comprehensive risk assessment that should integrate an assessment of workers perceived risk. When integrated in a human risk factor management program, it could allow determining measures specifically focused on workers, enhancing their risk perception, hence safe behaviour and aid on diminishing the elevated accident frequency preceded by human failure during maintenance turnarounds.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 6