SEMOMAP -: SEquential MOdel of the maritime accident process

An important issue of accident investigations is to find out how barriers installed in technical systems failed and enabled interactions of active failures and latent conditions to develop into the accident. For this purpose models and data taxonomies have been developed to facilitate the reactive risk assessment process after an accident. This paper is intended to focus on maritime accident investigation and the specific models and approaches used for the above-mentioned purposes. In line with current international research activities a sequential model of the maritime accident process (SEMOMAP) and a related data taxonomy will be introduced. Furthermore, results of a first trial application will be reported.