INVESTIGADORES
NUÑEZ MC LEOD Jorge Eduardo
artículos
Título:
Study of the Incidence of Human Error in Accidents and Incidents at Petroleum Refineries
Autor/es:
ROMINA D. CALVO OLIVARES; SELVA S. RIVERA; JORGE E. NÚÑEZ MC LEOD
Revista:
Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
Editorial:
Newswood
Referencias:
Año: 2019
ISSN:
2078-0958
Resumen:
Abstract?In the last 20 years, there has been a growing interest in biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels. However, petroleum refining industry will continue playing a crucial role as the main source of fuel in the world?s economy. Although these kind of industries are very different in terms of complexity in their processes, at both, accidents with numerous deaths and injuries have been registered and human error plays an important role in their occurrence. The objective of the present article is to determine the incidence of human error in the accidents occurring at petroleum refineries, and to compare results to those obtained for biofuel plants. As complementary information, the number and type of accidents and their consequences will be determined for each type of industry, in the period 1998-2018.
