Risk Assessment of Work Accident in Container Terminals Using the Fault Tree Analysis Method

Muhammad Arif Budiyanto,Haris Fernanda

doi:10.3390/jmse8060466

Muhammad Arif Budiyanto, Haris Fernanda

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https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8060466

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Abstract

The use of containers in the world is increasing every year in line with international trade flows. In very complex container terminal operations, the risk of work accidents is inevitable and can happen at any time. Therefore, this paper aimed to identify accidents and potential risks occurring in the container terminals. For the case study, the analysis was used the data of accidents during five years in one of the major container terminals in Indonesia. Risk assessment is carried out using the risk matrix method to get the level of risk. The risk that has the highest level is analyzed by using the Fault Tree Analysis method. From the results of the risk assessment shows the container fell to the berth when loading and unloading have the highest risk value. While the results of the Fault Tree Analysis show that traffic accidents are the biggest potential risk, which is 41.8% compared to other accidents. Moreover, human factors especially due to the negligence in operating vehicles or equipment as well as the damage of equipment were the highest common causes of accidents in the container terminal. Based on these results the contribution offered is the risk control options for terminal operators to reduce the possibility of safety failure in the container terminal.

Highlights

The container terminal plays an important role in both the transportation and trade sectors and serves as visible indications of a country’s economic growth [1]
Some of the largest container terminals in the world are competing to improve terminal productivity, some of the approaches conducted are with integrating their quay cranes with an internal truck [3] and integrating collaborative of outsourcing strategies for yard truck assignment [4]
It was the risks related to container terminal operations that were observed and their causes and general impacts

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The container terminal plays an important role in both the transportation and trade sectors and serves as visible indications of a country’s economic growth [1]. This has, led to the domination of this sector in the world by Asian countries [2]. Based on data released by the Hong Kong Maritime Department in 2016, there were 76 cases of work accidents at the loading and unloading section of the port Those related to work consisted of 60 minor, 15 serious, and 1 fatal accident [11]. Palli’s study on port risk management in container terminals reported a total of 1498 victims due to work accidents at container terminals [13] and 45 incidents of environmental pollution due to oil spills which were equivalent to 3.5 tons from 2008 to 2011 at Piraeus and Thessalonica Ports, Greece [14]

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