TITLE:
A Study on the Role of Human Element (Staffs) in Marine Accidents
AUTHORS:
Reza Karimpour, Zahra Karimpour
KEYWORDS:
Staffs, Human Element, Marine Accidents, Human Mistakes, Job Life
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Marine Science,
Vol.6 No.3,
July
13,
2016
ABSTRACT: Ships usually operate in the vibrant and dynamic environment; a majority of crews work and have a rest in a stressful space and have daily job displacements that working in it and moving from port disrupt as soon as reaching to port. Such conditions which require living at work place for a long time raises a unique job life which causes increase in risks of human mistakes. Huge marine accidents occur per year in country in which human element plays a major role. Identification and analysis of the components affect individuals as the staffs in ships, so that such component raises the conditions due to inattention which result in rise of severe and more severe marine accidents. Evaluation of each component has been taken into account in the present research. The present research seeks to examine and identity factors affecting human elements in marine accidents.