Safety Analysis of Automatic Crane Trolley Running System Based on STAMP/STPA

Automatic crane is a complex system affected by the external environment and the internal components of the system, information fusion, software and hardware combination, and man-machine integration. The improvement of its automation and informatization proposes various challenges in the accident model construction and safety analysis. However, the safety analysis methods based on fault types consider that the occurrence of accidents is linear and ignore the correlation among components of the system. This paper adopts the system-theoretic accident model and process (STAMP) and system-theoretic process analysis (STPA) mode is to implement safety analysis of the automatic crane trolley running system (ACTRs). The paper starts from the identification of system-level losses and hazards, clarifies the function and internal logical control relationships of the system’s components, and then finds potential unsafe control actions (UCAs) and loss scenarios during the trolley running. The results show that the control requirements for the regular operation of the trolley running system can be analyzed in detail. Therefore, the STAMP/STPA can apply to the safety investigation of automatic cranes.