Ahmedpur Sharqia oil tanker tragedy: Lessons learnt from one of the biggest road accidents in history
| Autor: | Omer Masood Qureshi, Ahmed Hafeez, Syed Saqib Hussain Kazmi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Truck
General Chemical Engineering 05 social sciences Law enforcement Energy Engineering and Power Technology Crash System safety 02 engineering and technology Management Science and Operations Research Safety standards Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Spillage Domino effect 020401 chemical engineering Control and Systems Engineering 0502 economics and business Forensic engineering Business 050207 economics 0204 chemical engineering Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Activity-based costing Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 67:104243 |
| ISSN: | 0950-4230 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jlp.2020.104243 |
| Popis: | The 2017 Ahmedpur Sharqia oil tanker explosion and fire, costing 219 lives, is one of the biggest ever road transportation disasters in history. This paper presents a detailed investigation and analysis of the accident circumstances and the series of events that contributed to the calamity. The investigation follows a holistic approach that examines the whole system including driver management, vehicle design, road design, and police management of the spillage scene. The analysis shows that although the first cause was driver dozing off behind the wheel, it was a complete system failure which created a domino effect. If all safety systems were in place, there would have not been any serious consequences of that first error. The investigation revealed that there were serious lapses in the design and fabrication of the vessel and truck in violation of UN-ADR safety standards and Pakistan's OGRA-RT standards andno proper protocols or SOPs were followed for driver workload and shift management by Shell Pakistan Ltd. and its contractors. Mismanagement of the post crash scenario by local law enforcement agencies was also a major serial failure. The study provides crucial lessons on the domino nature of such disasters. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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