Presenting the Safety Performance Assessment Pattern of Road Trucks



Ghaleh S¹ ; Omidvari M² ; Nassiri P³ ; Momeni M⁴ ; Miri Lavasani SM⁵
Source: Iran Occupational Health Published:2019

Abstract

Background: Hazardous materials transport is one of the most important problems in developing countries. The accidents involving the fleet of hazardous materials transport can have irreparable consequences. The study was aimed to present safety performance assessment pattern of road trucks with risk assessment approach. Methods: This is a descriptive study. In this study, the Accidents of road trucks with fix tank were studied during a 10-year period (1384-1394).The safety criteria and sub-crite eria with respect to technical characteristics of road trucks divided in two categories: “Inductive factors of human error” and “Non-inductive factors of human error” In order to determine the final criteria and sub criteria and weighting them, the team of experts and analytic hierarchy process in fuzzy environment (FAHP) method was used. Results: The results showed that the most important effective criterion on n safety performance of road truck is “Inductive factors of human error”. Also, the most im mportant effective sub-criteria are “Brake system and their connections”, “Ventilation system” and “Technical inspections”. With respect to the pattern “Hino, Mack, Howo 6×4(10 wheels), Dangfeng” trucks have received the lowest safety level. Conclusion: The causes of low safety level in fleet of hazardous materials transpor rt in Iran are the lack of timely inspections and inefficiencies in the technical equipment of the trucks such as “malfunction of ventilation and Brake system” which it’s most important reason r is non-commitment of Iran to ADR agreement. © 2019 Iran University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.