China Safety Science Journal ›› 2018, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 1-5.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2018.05.001

• Basic Disciplines of Safety Science and Technology •     Next Articles

Analysis of direct cause of accident and relationshipbetween hazard and hidden danger

FU Gui, ZHANG Shijie   

  1. School of Resource and Safety Engineering,China University of Mining & Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,China
  • Received:2018-02-04 Revised:2018-04-10 Online:2018-05-28 Published:2020-11-25

Abstract: In order to correctly understand what are the direct causes of an accident and facilitate enterprises to establish the dual-prevention mechanism that has been promoted in China work safety management currently.An accident case was introduced and a clear definition of accident was put forward.The accident was decomposed into several events,and the direct causes of the accident were analyzed.The contents of hazard and hidden danger and the relationship between them were analyzed according to the current domestic and international regulations and standards and the theory of accident causation.The results show that the direct causes of an accident can be unsafe acts and unsafe conditions,or energy and its exchange,that an accident,accident causes and accident consequence are corresponding events respectively,that both hazard and hidden danger are causes or potential causes of an accident,and that there are three views on the relationship between hazard and hidden danger,including equivalent,inclusion and parallel,and the advantages,disadvantages and compliance are different,and among them,the view taking hazard as hidden danger is in accordance with the current regulations and standards.

Key words: accident, direct cause, hazard, hidden danger, relationship

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