Study on Risk Perception and Analysis

   

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PART A1. Ionising Radiation 2. Flowing Mechanical energy3. Micro-biological organisms.4. Acoustic (pressure energy) 5. Gravitational energy6. Gravitational energy7. Non-energy threat8. Thermal energy and non-threat energy9. Mechanical energy10. Gravitational energyPART Ba)i. Charge over professional negligence – all the three officers; first mate, second mate and captain can be charged with professional neglect in a court of law. The manner in which the communication and delegation of duties were done was too casual and unprofessional. Also, incomplete work by the first and second mate could even amount to gross professional negligence. ii. Also, they could be charged over reef grounding – the state government could also initiate a case against the destruction of the reef which is costly to construct. According to
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Weng, & Yang (2015) ship grounding is one of the fatal and expensive marine transportation accidents. The state government will, therefore, sue the shipping company alongside its management and the crew.iii. Spilling of oil on the ocean – this is perhaps the most catastrophic consequence and could call for the highest penalty. Despite the natural death of aquatic life due to oil spillage, White et al. (2012) note that oil spillage also affects the growth of corals. Oil spillage will also affect the health of the community who are using the sea water or even industries that draw water from the ocean for use.iv. Destruction of property and loss of life. Ship grounding on the seabed or waterway side may lead to the damage of the submerged part of the hull of the ship especially the bottom structure causing water ingression and consequently the compromise of the structural integrity, stability, and safety of the sheep. Less severe accidents may damage the hull, and inextreme cases, the breach may be hulled, cargo spills, complete destruction of the vessel, and at the end loss of life. The owner of the ship will as well lose revenue in addition to the loss of income by the employees.v. Loss of public confidence (notional) in maritime transport of cargo. The public will no longer be confident of the safety of their cargo being transported by water.b)i.Charge over professional negligence could lead to the withdrawal of their work licences and closure of the company owning the ship
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ii.Reef grounding could lead to overflowing of sea water which can result into flooding and loss of life and propertyiii.Oil spillage could lead to the death of aquatic life and deterioration of the health of themembers of the surrounding community.iv.Destruction of property and loss of life. The ship may fatally be damaged and the cargo destroyed including the death of the people on board.c) An event can formally be defined as the loss of control over the damaging properties of a threat (Viner, 2015). In the context of the case, the event is the point intime when control was lost over the possible detrimental act of not inserting the last navigation coordinates into the navigation computer. The threat, in this case, is poor management. That is, the lack of proper delegation and follow-up of coordinates that was to guide the ship. Again, the aspect of undefined roles is as a result of poor management. This is a kinetic energy source of threat (grounding) which leads to an unexpected negative consequence. The neglect and perhaps miscommunication among the two mates and the captain led to the undesired event. A simple statement for this event is: when the first mate forgot. d)i. Ineffective procedure and process of delegation. The system of managing the ship is weakbecause it does not specify the tasks that can be delegated, to whom and at what time. For example, the second mate and the Captain plotted a course through which the ship was to be guided. Then they went ahead and entered all the coordinates into the navigation computer except for the last coordinates which were left for the first mate to key into the navigation computer, and he forgot leading to grounding. ii. Undefined roles. This is another possible mechanism for the event. Based on the observable casual delegation of duties, it is not clear which part should be done by whom and
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