The Human Factor in Process Safety Management（过程安全管理的人为因素）.pdf

A publication of CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSA CTIONS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSA CTIONS The Italian Association VOL. 26, 2012 of Chemical Engineering Online at: www.aidic.it/cet Guest Editors: Valerio Cozzani, Eddy De Rademaeker Copyright © 2012, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l., ISBN 978-88-95608-17-4; ISSN 1974-9791 The Human Factor in Process Safety Management a b c Fabrizio Gambetti* , Andrea Casalli , Vladimiro Chisari a Process Safety Manager, eni div. RM, via Laurentina 449, 00142 Roma b Safety Manager, eni div. RM, via Laurentina 449, 00142 Roma c Process Safety Senior engineer, eni div. RM, via Laurentina 449, 00142 Roma fabrizio.gambetti@ Human behaviour and performance are cited as causal factors in most accidents on process plants. The human factor in the decision making process is the main cause of incidents, even involuntary, directly connected with the use of the product itself. If the accident rate is to be decreased, human factor must be better understood and the knowledge more broadly applied. Purpose of this article is to present an overview and summary of experiences acquired over the years in the different phases of the lifecycle of projects and incidents analysis. 1. Introduction Efforts dedicated to the human factor analysis are increasing. The incident investigation process at the beginning was aimed to understand the evolution in the different phase