Ergonomics Approach in Shipping Casualties

Jin-Soo Park

Abstract:	Earlier studies indicated clearly that information obtained from conventional statistics cannot provide guidance on detailed casualty analysis. Much more is needed if casualty statistics are to play a proficient and vigorous role in encouraging safety. Specific difficulties originate from making the causal relationship clear. Fault tree analysis and symbolic modeling of functional block diagram are an efficient aid in safety analysis, so that these methods are generally used in other industries. This paper describes the application of these tools in shipping casualties and how to evaluate the relationship between different causes of ship casualties. These methods are proved to be an efficient and useful tools to indicate the relationships between individual physical factors. In addition these models permit easy understanding and recognition of the factors leading to individual casualty.
Published in:	Proceedings of the IAIN World Congress and the 56th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (2000) June 26 - 28, 2000 The Catamaran Resort Hotel San Diego, CA
Pages:	836 - 841
Cite this article:	Park, Jin-Soo, "Ergonomics Approach in Shipping Casualties," Proceedings of the IAIN World Congress and the 56th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (2000), San Diego, CA, June 2000, pp. 836-841.
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