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When the accident has happened, everyone seems to know what should have been done to prevent it, ... more When the accident has happened, everyone seems to know what should have been done to prevent it, but knowing how to prevent it beforehand is an incredible difficult task. During the past 5 years, a Dutch project has developed a risk assessment model for occupational accidents, based on an analysis of more than 10,000 serious accidents in the Netherlands, along with a comprehensive assessment of exposures. For the exposure assessment, data was collected on how often and how long workers perform certain actions and how the way they did it could be linked to the accident analysis. This for the first time ever makes it possible to determine the real risk of ordinary occupational accidents with respect to fatality, permanent and serious injury. This can be done at the level of industry sectors and type of job, as well as for any kind of job or activity. In Denmark we created a project in which we developed a method to observe and document the activities and risks in small enterprises, on the basis of the Dutch study. The cooperation between the Dutch and Danish projects has resulted in a very useful web-based risk assessment tool, which towards June 2009 will be accessible in Dutch, English and Danish. This tool can be used to obtain information, for both industry sectors as well as individual jobs, on real occupational risks divided into 64 categories, along with those safety barriers that are most effective to prevent accidents. The method has been tested in the Danish project in a series of small enterprises covering observations of about 120 man-days. These observations demonstrated that maintaining barriers against accidents can only partly be managed by the employer. Especially in enterprises with employees normally working outside the establishment, the daily safety assessment needs to be assigned to the individual employee, and he/she has to do this safety assessment ad hoc, responding to frequent changes in his/her working conditions. This is especially the case for jobs in building and construction, but also in many other enterprises with service or sales activities. The results of the Danish project is an application of the Dutch findings to describe what risks and safety barriers are most important for small enterprises in some industry sectors and jobs. Based on this knowledge, we can formulate requirements for, 1) what can and should the employer take care of; 2) what essential instructions and training should the employees receive; and 3) which specific considerations should the employee always have
All people are exposed to risks in everyday life, but they seldom experience accidents. Therefore... more All people are exposed to risks in everyday life, but they seldom experience accidents. Therefore, people often believe that these accidents will never happen, and they do not see the risks. By increasing the ability to notice risks, to see safety barriers, and to assess the safety barriers' performance parameters continuously, it is possible to create better risk awareness on the part of employers, managers and employees. Better risk awareness by these stakeholders will make it possible to: • acknowledge and continuously control risks; • discover and manage new risks; • keep safety barriers intact; • replace safety barriers with others, if necessary; • monitor and maintain the quality of safety barriers. This will contribute to maintain a high level of safety and prevent accidents. Some pro-active accident prevention can be obtained by making people aware of the risks in a given situation, time, or place, and by enabling them to observe and judge whether the relevant safety barriers are in place and in good order. This can be considered "Situational Awareness" (SA), which is an essential competence enabling an employee to perform his/her job safely. This SA entails a number of requirements for people, work conditions, management, learning, knowledge, experience, motivation etc.
Being struck by moving objects, becoming caught up/jammed, cutting 35. Being struck by own hand t... more Being struck by moving objects, becoming caught up/jammed, cutting 35. Being struck by own hand tools 36. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-operating 37. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-maintenance 38. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-preparing 39. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-cleaning 9. Vehicles Collisions 40. Loss of control over vehicle 10. Electricity Electric shock 41. Contact with electricityelectrical equipment 42. Contact with electricitywhen installing/repairing 11. Heat or cold Burns 43 Burns-frostbite/burns from cold/hot surfaces or naked flames 44 Fires-combustion from "hot" work 12. Chemical Poisoning, etching 45. Discharge of hazardous chemicals from open containers 46. Contact with uncovered hazardous chemicals (without discharge) 47 Release of chemical risk from closed containerswork/filling/draining 48 Release of chemical risk from closed containers-without transportation 49. Release of chemical risk from closed containerswhen closing containers 50. Release of chemical risk from closed containerswork in the proximity of a discharge 13. Lifting, heavy loads Strain injuries 51. Extreme exertionsheavy lifting 52. Extreme exertionsinappropriate movements Walls, doors, buildings, access restrictions, railings, screens, filters, containers, tanks, pipe routings, etc Retain and prevent movement or displacement Safety belts, harnesses, hoarding, grilles, bolts, supports, etc Cohesion force, tensile strength, robustness, hardness Components that cannot fracture in sections, e.g. fracture-proof glass Energy absorbent, able to absorb released energy, transmitted energy
Fare: Fald fra højde Omfatter ophold og arbejde på alle former for stiger, stilladser, platforme,... more Fare: Fald fra højde Omfatter ophold og arbejde på alle former for stiger, stilladser, platforme, niveauforskelle, tage mv. Barrieretyper Observer/undersøg Forstå/tolk og vurder Handle/udføre Udstyrets styrke Fare: Fald fra højde Omfatter ophold og arbejde på stiger, stilladser, platforme, niveauforskelle, tage mv. Barrieretyper Observer/ undersøg Forstå/tolke vurder Handle/udføre Udstyrets styrke Observer om udstyret er i orden, rengjort og vedligeholdt. Undersøg hvilket udstyr, der er behov for til opgaverne og dets baereevne. Undersøg om der er behov for andet udstyr til opgaverne. Vurder om baereevne og konstruktion er hensigtsmaessig til opgave.
Safety Science, 2010
Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose... more Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.
International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 2011
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the risks and potential risks that may... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the risks and potential risks that may lead to accidents. It aims to look at how to improve risk assessment within SMEs for the benefit of all staff.Design/methodology/approachThe research included results from a Dutch project which identifies accident risks and safety barriers that are presented in a huge database and risk calculator. The method was first to develop a simple way of accessing this enormous amount of data, second, to develop a tool to observe risks and safety barriers in SMEs and to investigate the usefulness of the developed tools in real life, third, to collect data on risks and safety barriers in SMEs for two occupations by following 20 people for three days each and to create a risk profile for each occupations.FindingsThe result is a simple way to go through all types of risks for accidents – a tool for risk observations for external safety experts, and useful for SMEs and for risk profiles for two occup...
When the accident has happened, everyone seems to know what should have been done to prevent it, ... more When the accident has happened, everyone seems to know what should have been done to prevent it, but knowing how to prevent it beforehand is an incredible difficult task. During the past 5 years, a Dutch project has developed a risk assessment model for occupational accidents, based on an analysis of more than 10,000 serious accidents in the Netherlands, along with a comprehensive assessment of exposures. For the exposure assessment, data was collected on how often and how long workers perform certain actions and how the way they did it could be linked to the accident analysis. This for the first time ever makes it possible to determine the real risk of ordinary occupational accidents with respect to fatality, permanent and serious injury. This can be done at the level of industry sectors and type of job, as well as for any kind of job or activity. In Denmark we created a project in which we developed a method to observe and document the activities and risks in small enterprises, on the basis of the Dutch study. The cooperation between the Dutch and Danish projects has resulted in a very useful web-based risk assessment tool, which towards June 2009 will be accessible in Dutch, English and Danish. This tool can be used to obtain information, for both industry sectors as well as individual jobs, on real occupational risks divided into 64 categories, along with those safety barriers that are most effective to prevent accidents. The method has been tested in the Danish project in a series of small enterprises covering observations of about 120 man-days. These observations demonstrated that maintaining barriers against accidents can only partly be managed by the employer. Especially in enterprises with employees normally working outside the establishment, the daily safety assessment needs to be assigned to the individual employee, and he/she has to do this safety assessment ad hoc, responding to frequent changes in his/her working conditions. This is especially the case for jobs in building and construction, but also in many other enterprises with service or sales activities. The results of the Danish project is an application of the Dutch findings to describe what risks and safety barriers are most important for small enterprises in some industry sectors and jobs. Based on this knowledge, we can formulate requirements for, 1) what can and should the employer take care of; 2) what essential instructions and training should the employees receive; and 3) which specific considerations should the employee always have
All people are exposed to risks in everyday life, but they seldom experience accidents. Therefore... more All people are exposed to risks in everyday life, but they seldom experience accidents. Therefore, people often believe that these accidents will never happen, and they do not see the risks. By increasing the ability to notice risks, to see safety barriers, and to assess the safety barriers' performance parameters continuously, it is possible to create better risk awareness on the part of employers, managers and employees. Better risk awareness by these stakeholders will make it possible to: • acknowledge and continuously control risks; • discover and manage new risks; • keep safety barriers intact; • replace safety barriers with others, if necessary; • monitor and maintain the quality of safety barriers. This will contribute to maintain a high level of safety and prevent accidents. Some pro-active accident prevention can be obtained by making people aware of the risks in a given situation, time, or place, and by enabling them to observe and judge whether the relevant safety barriers are in place and in good order. This can be considered "Situational Awareness" (SA), which is an essential competence enabling an employee to perform his/her job safely. This SA entails a number of requirements for people, work conditions, management, learning, knowledge, experience, motivation etc.
Being struck by moving objects, becoming caught up/jammed, cutting 35. Being struck by own hand t... more Being struck by moving objects, becoming caught up/jammed, cutting 35. Being struck by own hand tools 36. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-operating 37. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-maintenance 38. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-preparing 39. Being struck by moving parts of machinery-cleaning 9. Vehicles Collisions 40. Loss of control over vehicle 10. Electricity Electric shock 41. Contact with electricityelectrical equipment 42. Contact with electricitywhen installing/repairing 11. Heat or cold Burns 43 Burns-frostbite/burns from cold/hot surfaces or naked flames 44 Fires-combustion from "hot" work 12. Chemical Poisoning, etching 45. Discharge of hazardous chemicals from open containers 46. Contact with uncovered hazardous chemicals (without discharge) 47 Release of chemical risk from closed containerswork/filling/draining 48 Release of chemical risk from closed containers-without transportation 49. Release of chemical risk from closed containerswhen closing containers 50. Release of chemical risk from closed containerswork in the proximity of a discharge 13. Lifting, heavy loads Strain injuries 51. Extreme exertionsheavy lifting 52. Extreme exertionsinappropriate movements Walls, doors, buildings, access restrictions, railings, screens, filters, containers, tanks, pipe routings, etc Retain and prevent movement or displacement Safety belts, harnesses, hoarding, grilles, bolts, supports, etc Cohesion force, tensile strength, robustness, hardness Components that cannot fracture in sections, e.g. fracture-proof glass Energy absorbent, able to absorb released energy, transmitted energy
Fare: Fald fra højde Omfatter ophold og arbejde på alle former for stiger, stilladser, platforme,... more Fare: Fald fra højde Omfatter ophold og arbejde på alle former for stiger, stilladser, platforme, niveauforskelle, tage mv. Barrieretyper Observer/undersøg Forstå/tolk og vurder Handle/udføre Udstyrets styrke Fare: Fald fra højde Omfatter ophold og arbejde på stiger, stilladser, platforme, niveauforskelle, tage mv. Barrieretyper Observer/ undersøg Forstå/tolke vurder Handle/udføre Udstyrets styrke Observer om udstyret er i orden, rengjort og vedligeholdt. Undersøg hvilket udstyr, der er behov for til opgaverne og dets baereevne. Undersøg om der er behov for andet udstyr til opgaverne. Vurder om baereevne og konstruktion er hensigtsmaessig til opgave.
Safety Science, 2010
Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose... more Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.
International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 2011
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the risks and potential risks that may... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the risks and potential risks that may lead to accidents. It aims to look at how to improve risk assessment within SMEs for the benefit of all staff.Design/methodology/approachThe research included results from a Dutch project which identifies accident risks and safety barriers that are presented in a huge database and risk calculator. The method was first to develop a simple way of accessing this enormous amount of data, second, to develop a tool to observe risks and safety barriers in SMEs and to investigate the usefulness of the developed tools in real life, third, to collect data on risks and safety barriers in SMEs for two occupations by following 20 people for three days each and to create a risk profile for each occupations.FindingsThe result is a simple way to go through all types of risks for accidents – a tool for risk observations for external safety experts, and useful for SMEs and for risk profiles for two occup...