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Risk management for dangerous substances
Introduction Too often, measures to control workers’ exposure to dangerous substances are taken on an ‘ad-hoc’ basis. Existing processes, procedures and routines are taken for granted, and ‘end-of-pipe’ solutions are installed. In many cases, one relies on the use of…
Contributor(s): Jeroen Terwoert, Thomas Winski
, Richard Graveling
Prevention measures
Introduction Employers need to assess the risks for their staff, and then preventive measures or control measures have to be derived from this assessment. The types of measures can be classified as: elimination of the hazards (e.g. designing new work processes) and,…
Contributor(s): Karla Van den Broek
, Klaus Kuhl, Ruth Klueser
, Richard Graveling
Management Systems
Introduction High Reliability Organizations (HRO’s) are organizations that constantly face serious and complex (safety) risks yet succeed in realising an excellent safety performance. In such situations acceptable levels of safety cannot be achieved by traditional…
Contributor(s): Gerard Zwetsloot
, John Klein Hesselink
Accidents and incidents
Introduction Human error is often cited as a cause of accidents, when all other factors have been eliminated. This does not mean that human error cannot be investigated by scientific principles. In fact, today, there is considerable interest in researching human…
Contributor(s): Ayse Nazlioglu
Machinery and work equipment
Introduction Accidents involving machines or vehicles are often attributed to human error. However, when these accidents are investigated in detail, it can often be concluded that they were in fact caused by poor ergonomic design of the interface or by problems of…
Contributor(s): Richard Graveling
Legislation
Introduction Impact assessment is a key process for setting out detailed information about the potential effects of policy measures including economic and social costs and benefits. Impact assessments allow policy makers to make informed choices on whether or not to…
Contributor(s): Aditya Jain
, Karla Van den Broek
Risk assessment
Introduction Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are commonly defined in Europe[1] as “enterprises with fewer than 50 employees"; MSEs are further divided into micro enterprises (with fewer than 10) and small enterprises (10–49).
The enterprises referred to in this…
Workplace transport
Introduction In-house transport and materials handling (storage and transfer of goods), either manual or mechanical are carried out to some extent in almost all workplaces. These activities bring about risks such as slips, trips and falls, vehicle and pedestrian…
Contributor(s): Karla Van den Broek
, Pia Perttula
, Kirsi Koskela
Work-related stress management
Introduction How people cope lies at the heart of the stress process. Yet despite the progress that has been made debate and, at times, controversy still accompanies how coping strategies are measured and the methods used to explore the coping process. The current…
Contributor(s): Thomas Winski
, Anne Gehrke
, Juliet Hassard
, Phillip Dew