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Latent Conditions, Safety Barriers and Situational Factors for Maritime Accidents in the Sound Area

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Summary, in English

The Sound Area, located between Sweden and Denmark, is one of the most intensely trafficked waters in the world with complex traffic patterns and a bridge/tunnel under construction, which will link the two countries. This high level of complexity increases the probability of both maritime accidents and very negative consequences of them. This paper presents the ergonomic part of an ongoing multidisciplinary pilot project with the objective of identifying and describing maritime risks in the Sound Area. This part concentrates upon the role which people, human-machine-systems and organizations on board ships and in association with maritime activity in the area play as risk and safety factors. Information is being collected through literature, marine accident reports, and exploratory case studies. Preliminary findings are presented in the paper.

Publishing year

1999

Language

English

Pages

169-174

Publication/Series

Proceedings of the 17th International System Safety Conference

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

System Safety Society, Unionville, Virginia, USA

Topic

  • Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Keywords

  • safety management
  • latent conditions
  • safety barriers
  • maritime safety
  • risk
  • Öresund
  • ergonomics
  • human factors

Conference name

17th International System Safety Conference

Conference date

1999-08-16 - 1999-08-21

Conference place

Orlando, Florida, United States

Status

Published