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Investigation of Causes of Plasco Building Accident in Iran Using Timed MTO and ACCIMAP Methods

Investigation of Plasco 4 Building Accident in Iran

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To investigate major accidents such as the Plasco collapse in Iran, it is essential to conduct a thorough review of such events via the Proactive Safety approach. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze and root out the event comprehensively and scientifically and utilize the identified causes as a basis for the prevention of similar accidents. In this study, the causes of Plasco building accident were investigated using Timed MTO (TM) and Accimap methods. Studying national authenticated reports and consulting and interviewing safety experts, we explored the details of Plasco accident. Then, the identified causes were first categorized at the organizational level using TM method and, to carry out a more in-depth investigation, the causes were categorized into 6 levels via the Accimap method. The findings showed that the lack of safety monitoring and inspection systems at all levels was the most root cause of the Plasco accident. Non-compliance with building safety rules and NFPA standards and poor safety culture was also identified as the main causes of failure in firefighting. Our results showed that both TM and Accimap could be used as a comprehensive tool to fully investigate the causes of accidents, particularly building accidents.

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Abbreviations

Accimap:

Accident Map

TM:

Timed-MTO

PIP:

Pre Incident Plan

MTO:

Man-Technology-Organization

NFPA:

National Fire Protection Association

SOP:

Standard Operating Procedures

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This study was carried out in the form of an academic project at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences.

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Mohammadfam, I., Gholamizadeh, K. Investigation of Causes of Plasco Building Accident in Iran Using Timed MTO and ACCIMAP Methods. J Fail. Anal. and Preven. 20, 2087–2096 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11668-020-01025-2

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