AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 16 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW190023
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Analysis, Evaluation and Risk Management in One of the Pipe Industry by FMEA in Sistan and Baluchistan Province

Maryam Ghaljahi1
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1 Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health University of Medical SciensesZabol Medicinal Plants Research Center University of Medical Scienses, Zabol
AJWEP 2019, 16(2), 83–90; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW190023
Submitted: 10 August 2018 | Revised: 28 January 2019 | Accepted: 28 January 2019 | Published: 24 April 2019
© 2019 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

At present, the advancement of science and industry has caused humans to be exposed to many dangers  that never existed before. Increasing incidents and damages to industry in the world, especially Iran, confirms this  claim. Today, several methods are used to identify and investigate hazards, and the existence of various analytical  methods always forces the analyst to choose a method. The purpose of this study was to identify the hazards in  a pipe-laying workshop in Sistan and Baluchestan province using the failure mode and effect analysis and finally  provide a risk management solution. To accomplish this study and collect necessary data and complete the sheets  for analyzing the failure mode and its effects, a team of experts was formed and using the process of observing  the method and interviewing the relevant people and reviewing the technical and operational documents, risk  assessment. Dangers were taken and necessary corrective actions were presented. In 15 units of the plant, the  activities and sub-activities were assessed, 44.85% of the hazards, 49.17% of the average risks and 5.98% of the  identified risks and a control solution was provided for each of them. By providing control solutions, you can  reduce many incidents at the plant and improve the level of safety. If the risks at medium and low level ignore  what might be the great risks and opinions on the major risks is also training staff as one important way to reduce  risks because many employees do not know how to handle properly

Keywords
Risk identification
risk analysis
safety
failure mode and effect analysis
pipe manufacturing.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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