Human Reliability Analysis of Maritime Cargo Accidents in Indonesia using Risk Perception Technique

Abstract

Maritime cargo shipment is an essential component of maritime transportation in the global economic system. Accidents often occur owing to several shipment processes in the past few years, particularly in Indonesia. human factor is among the several factors that cause maritime cargo accidents. In this study, the probability of human error that caused the accident is predicted after the accident in order to reduce the maritime cargo accidents caused by human errors. This study employs the risk perception technique to assess the human error. The risk perception technique divides a task into sub-tasks using quantification data of the human error probability (HEP). This paper presents an assessment of human factors in 34 maritime cargo accidents in Indonesia from 2013 – 2018. The corresponding results show that maritime cargo accidents are commonly caused by the human factor during the loading and unloading processes. This error is caused by operator carelessness while handling the cargo during the processes.