InternationalJournalofAppliedEnvironmentalSciencesISSN0973-6077Volume12,Number10(2017),pp.1803-1820©ResearchIndiaPublicationshttp://www.ripublication.comADecisioncanbeaDisaster:ADescriptiveAnalysisofaCaseStudyA.K.Dash1,R.M.Bhattacharjee2,C.S.Singh3,A.Aftab4,SageshKMR51ResearchScholar,2Professor,3SeniorManager,4,5Dy.Director1,2DepartmentofMiningEngineeringIndianInstituteofTechnology(IndianSchoolofMines),Dhanbad,826004,India3CoalIndiaLimited,India4,5DirectorateGeneralofMinesSafety,Dhanbad,IndiaAbstractDecisionmakingisoneoftheimportantactivitiesineveryindustryanditbecomesmoreimportantinsafetycriticalindustrylikemining,chemical,aviationetc.Thesuccessofanindustryiscriticallylinkedwithitseffectivedecisionsanddecision-makingprocess.Inthispaper,authorsexplainhowadecisioncanbeadisaster.OnecasestudydisasterduetothewrongdecisioninIndianscenarioisanalyzedanddiscussed.Thegapsandweaknessinthedecision-makingprocessareidentifiedandlessonslearned.Towardstheend,ahybridconceptofdecisionmakinghasbeensuggestedinthehopeofpreventingsimilarfuturedisasters.Keywords:Accident;Disaster;Man-madedisaster;Rootcause;Decisionmakingprocess1.INTRODUCTIONWhenwecompareminingindustrywithotherindustries,theminingindustryandrelatedenergyresourceindustriesareassociatedwithhighratesofoccupationalinjuriesandfatalitiesincludingdisasters(Sarietal.,2009;Grovesetal.,2007;Donoghue,2004).Theworkplaceinamineisnotfixedaslikeotherindustries,ratheritmovesandchangewithtimesominingisahazardousprofessionandconsideredaswaragainsttheunpredictableforcesofnature.Asaresult,theminingindustrycontinuestobeassociatedwithahighlevelofaccidents,injuries,andillness.MajoraccidentsanddisastersinIndianminingindustryarestillcontinuingatsomedisturbingrate(Dashetal.,2014;2015-b;2016a;Bhattacharjeeetal.,2014).Allofusknowthatmostaccidentsintheworkplaceresultfromunsafeworkbehavior.Anaccidentisaresultofmulti-failureinthesystem.Usuallyaccidentsarecausedby1804A.K.Dash,R.M.Bhattacharjee,C.S.Singh,A.Aftab,SageshK.M.Rmajorsources.Thefirstsourcecontainstotallyexogenousfactorssuchasbadweather,hurricanes,tsunamis,earthquakeorothertypesofforceswhichcannotbecontrolbymanormanagementandgoesunder“Naturaldisaster(ActsofGod)”andsecondsource,includeshumanfactorssuchasincompetency,poorjudgment,poorworkingcondition,poormaintenanceofequipmentand/orthenegligenceoftheoperators,poorworkplaceinspection,poorsupervisionwhichwillleadtoaso-called“Man-madedisaster”(Park,2010).Adisastercanbeanaturaloneorman-madelikedisasterduetorain,windstorms,flood,earthquakes,volcaniceruptionsetc.thatgoesundernaturaldisasterwhereasdisasterduetowrongdecision(poorjudgement,choosingwrongequipment,person,place,poormanagementplan,poorsafetycultureetc.),water(brokenpipes,leakingroofs)buildingdeviancies(structure,design,environment,maintenance)etc.areman-made.Allthedisasterscannotbepossible,inotherwordsitmaynotbepossibletopreventnaturaldisastersbutwecantakesomepreventivemeasuresagainstman-madedisasterstoeliminateorreduceitseffect.Butwecaneliminate(ifpossible)orreducetheeffectofman-madedisaster.Duringthisstudywereviewedandanalyzedseveralinvestigationreportofdifferentlevelofaccidentssuchasincident,accident,majoraccidentanddisastersinIndia.Indiancoalminingindustryexperiencedanumberofdisasters(Topacoalminedisasterin1982,Bhatdeein2006,AnjanHillin2010)inpastduetopoorjudgement,wrongdecision,LessThan...
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