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SELECTION OF ACCIDENTS AND INVESTIGATION METHODS. The important role that accident investigation plays is to establish a better understanding of accident description, the root causes of accident and the risk reduction measures to prevent or reduce the similar accident from happening 18. It can be seen that there are many different accident models and subsequently various accident investigation methods in application. Subsequently, the results will be different if different investigation methods are used. There might be different sources to get the text description of lifeboat accidents. In order to subjectively study the causes of lifeboat accidents, the selection of accidents will be based on the investigation reports published by the local authorities. Due to the limitation of describing a significant number of accidents, there will be 3 accidents analyzed in this chapter and the next chapter which represent typical causes of accidents such as maintenance factor, human error, design defect, etc. This chapter will focus on some lifeboat accidents and apply the primary accident investigation method Events and causal factors charting (ECFC) to the analysis of these accidents 19. The secondary accident investigation method is addressed in the next chapter by using Influence Diagram as a complementary accident investigation method to show a better understanding of the accidents. The following table shows the two accident investigation methods are supplementary and subsequently can be used to give a better illustration of the accident analysis. Table1 Characteristics of the Two Accident Investigation Methods Method Accident Sequenc e Focus on Safety Barrier s Levels of Analysi s Acciden t Model Primary/Secondar y Analytical Approach Training Need Events and causal factors charting Yes No 1-4 B Primary Non-system oriented Novice Influence diagram Secondary Non-system oriented Specialis t No Yes 1-6 B/E Experience shows that there are minor accidents resulted from one cause. The majority accidents were caused by multiple factors that would interact. Events and causal factors charting graphically displays the accident in chronological sequences. It is primarily used for assembling the evidence to portray the accident sequence. The accident is depicted through the primary events sequence, the secondary events sequence and conditions influencing the events. The primary events sequence causing the accident is drawn horizontally and chronologically whereas the secondary events are added to the events and causal fact...
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