Seaplanes have become popular tourism and transportation tools with the ability of take-off and land on water. Recent seaplane accidents are highlighting the need for safety analysis of the seaplane operation process, which includes the sequential st...
In the train operation department, the most important and dynamic factor is that the department employees are involved in all areas. Realizing the dynamic control of “key person, key event, and key period” to fundamentally curb employee i...
In the train operation department, humans are the most important and dynamic element, and their safe behavior is directly related to the safety of railway transportation. How to accurately assess the safety behavior risk of on-site workers is an urge...
In order to effectively reduce the probability of subway operation accidents and explore the key risk factors and multi-factor risk coupling mechanism during the subway operation period, this paper classifies the risk factors affecting subway operati...
In the operation period of long-distance water delivery tunnels, safety may be impacted by the risks that arise from different aspects including the complex geological conditions with fault fracture zones and karst caves, the diverse environment affe...
The risk of accidents during simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) in plant maintenance has been increasing. However, research on methods to prevent such accidents has been limited. This study aims to develop a novel framework, hazard identification and r...
Operational risk management (ORM) is crucial for every aviation organization. The assessment of operational risk (OR) is a critical area of study, as organizations must continuously evaluate and mitigate potential risks to maintain high levels of per...
Special police units like Austria’s EKO Cobra are uniquely trained to manage high-risk operations, including terrorism, amok situations, and hostage crises. This study explores how group dynamics contribute to operational safety and resilience,...
Earthmoving operations in the construction process are complex environments that involve interactions between equipment, the workforce, and materials within an overarching construction plan. Over the past two decades, researchers in construction have...
18 August 2021
Safety showers and eyewash stations are equipment used for primary washing if their operator is exposed to hazardous chemicals. Therefore, safety showers and eyewash stations should be installed to ensure operator safety in process plants with excess...
The complex interdependencies among numerous safety risk factors influencing oil tanker loading/unloading operations constitute a focal point in academic research. To enhance safety management in oil port operations, this study conducts a risk analys...
6 May 2020
In existing risk analysis techniques like the hazard and operability study (HAZOP) and the safety integrity level (SIL), design for operator safety is not considered. The health, safety, and environment (HSE) engineering depicts a detailed design dir...
In the context of increasingly complex and dynamic maritime logistics, seaports serve as critical nodes for intermodal transport, energy distribution, and global trade. Ensuring the safe and uninterrupted operation of port infrastructure—partic...
Low-altitude airspace is developing rapidly, but the utilization rate of airspace resources is low. Therefore, in order to solve the problem of the safe operation of the fusion of large UAVs and manned aircraft in the same airspace, this paper analyz...
The International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) was adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and entered into force on 1 January 2017. It provides a comprehensive treatment of topics relevant to ships operating...
The operational risks of equipment in coalbed methane (CBM) gathering stations exhibit dynamic characteristics. To address this, a dynamic risk assessment method based on Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBNs) is proposed for CBM station equipment. Additio...
The simultaneous fulfillment of quality, environmental, and occupational safety requirements is a difficult task. The process flow is influenced by numerous factors, and different operational objectives are pursued in different ways. Methodologies re...
Maritime transportation is crucial for global trade but faces significant risks and operational challenges. Ensuring safety is essential for protecting lives, the environment, and economic stability. This review explores the role of artificial intell...
15 February 2023
Subway operation safety management has become increasingly important due to the severe consequences of accidents and interruptions. As the causative factors and accidents exhibit a complex and dynamic interrelationship, the proposed subway operation...
Integrating the operation of airborne wind energy systems safely into the airspace requires a systematic qualification process. It seems likely that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency will approve commercial systems as unmanned aircraft system...
The widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel has driven the development of LNG bunkering operations in global ports. Major international hubs, such as Shenzhen Port, have implemented ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering practices....
The primary objective of this work is to introduce a novel approach that modifies the method for analyzing and assessing the risk of water supply network failure. The approach aligns with recommendations from the World Health Organization and the Eur...
Ships connect the global economy through maritime transport. However, their susceptibility to increasing geopolitical conflicts has heightened concerns about the risks to crew safety and navigation security. This systematic literature review (SLR), u...
In a wider context of attempting to minimise forestry related occupational hazards, this paper aimed to evaluate the ability of FSC forest management certification to contribute to identifying, describing, and reducing health and safety issues in for...
Maritime operations play a critical role in global trade but face persistent safety challenges due to human error, environmental factors, and operational complexities. This review explores the transformative potential of Large Language Models (LLMs)...
To ensure the safety of vehicles and occupants under failures or functional limitations of ego vehicles, a minimum risk maneuver (MRM) has been proposed as a key automated driving system (ADS) function. However, executing an MRM may pose certain pote...
The aim of this work is to detect communities of stakeholders at the port of Hamburg regarding their communication intensity in activities related to risk management. An exploratory mixed-method design is chosen as a methodology based on a compact su...
Off-site hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) handle large volumes of high-pressure hydrogen, requiring precise and systematic risk-reduction strategies. In this study, a Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) analysis was performed for an off-site HRS, and Lay...
The purpose of this article is to analyse the risk related to the transfer of personnel between units operating on the water. Although several regulations exist, there are still a high volume of noncompliant personnel and passengers transfer arrangem...
Bird strike prevention in civil aviation has traditionally focused on the airport perimeter. Since the risk of especially damaging bird strikes outside the airport boundaries is rising, this paper investigates the safety potential of operational bird...
This study was conducted to review the safety and appropriateness of PSV (Pressure Safety Valve) installation in the supply tank, which is a pressure vessel included in supply systems dedicated to supplying the acid/alkaline substances used in the Ko...
To meet the United Nations and European Union goals of reducing road crash fatalities and injuries, it is also relevant to address the negative externalities due to mega-events on the road network and the local communities, to assess the safety of th...
Effectively managing truck driver fatigue is essential for ensuring driver safety, as fatigue negatively impacts health and performance. Since fatigue is a complex, multidimensional issue with various cause–effect relationships, it requires a c...
In the literature, many applications of Digital Twin methodologies in the manufacturing, construction and oil and gas sectors have been proposed, but there is still no reference model specifically developed for risk control and prevention. In this co...
Unsafe events in civil aviation increasingly arise from multi-stakeholder interactions, motivating system-level methods to quantify event risk and coupling. This study analyzes 1551 airspace unsafe-operation reports and models each report as a node w...
A joint-analysis by the use of (i) the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) technique of Typical-Analytical-Hierarchy-Process (T_AHP) and Fuzzy-Analytical-Hierarchy-Process (F_AHP) with (ii) the Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) method respectively, wa...
The autonomous vehicle (AVs) market is expanding at a rapid pace due to the advancement of information, communication, and sensor technology applications, offering a broad range of opportunities in terms of energy efficiency and addressing climate ch...
28 April 2020
Organic dust explosions were and are still today a critical issue in the food, pharmaceutical, and fine chemical industry. Materials such as flour, corn starch, sugar and APIs represent a cause of severe accidents. In this framework, we investigated...
The production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from industrial waste streams has attracted the attention of researchers and process industries because they could replace traditional plastics. The integrated treatment of civil wastewater along with or...
Hydrological dam safety assessment methods traditionally assume that the reservoir is full while it receives the design flood. In practice, reservoir management strategy determines the probability distribution of reservoir levels at the beginning of...
Tower cranes are the most used equipment in construction projects, and the path planning of tower crane operations directly affects the safety performance of construction projects. Traditional tower crane operations rely on only the driving experienc...
Weak signals in risk analysis digitalization are of great importance for preventing major accidents in risk analysis in the process industry, especially for process operations and production. However, some of the negative impacts are incorrect operat...
Safety concerns are progressively emerging regarding the adoption of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) in diverse civil applications, particularly within the booming air transportation system, such as in Advanced Air Mobility. The outcomes of risk ass...
Compared to the construction phase, the assessment of tunnel safety risks during the operational stage has not been thoroughly conducted, and the related research work is relatively lagging. To deepen the research and application of theoretical metho...
The expansion of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has led to diverse aircraft designs, with piloted systems expected to evolve into remotely piloted and automated operations. Future advancements in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) will further impro...
This paper proposes a transfer learning-based approach to enhance video-driven safety risk detection in industrial environments, addressing the critical challenge of limited generalization across diverse operational scenarios. Conventional deep learn...
In order to ensure the safety of shore-based hydrogen bunkering operations, this paper takes a 2000-ton bulk hydrogen powered ship as an example. Firstly, the HAZID method is used to identify the hazards of hydrogen bunkering, then the probability of...
Offshore drilling accidents have triggered regulatory reforms in China. The reforms aim to explore proper regulatory approaches to supervise offshore operations and improve their health, safety and environmental (HSE) performance. This study offers a...
Wastewater treatment plants are of significant importance in facilitating China’s urbanization process. The fundamental purpose of wastewater treatment plants is to control water pollution and protect the environment. It is therefore essential...
The envisioned introduction of autonomous Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) into low-altitude urban airspace necessitates high levels of system safety. Despite increased system autonomy, humans will most likely remain an essential component in a...
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