Future of inherently safer design

Amyotte, Paul; Brown, Kayleigh Rayner; Khan, Faisal; Alauddin, Md.

doi:10.1016/bs.mcps.2023.05.011

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“…With notable accomplishments, inherent safety and health find their primary research and practice on the prevention and mitigation of chemical process hazards such as fire, explosion, and toxic release. [ 42 ] To date, however, it is still challenging to appropriately use inherent safety and health to prevent industrial workplace hazards that can be from poor work‐related conditions of physical processes and human factors. To bridge the gaps, this work integrated inherent safety and health with industrial workplace design processes, aiming to proactively minimize the possible built‐in hazards during the project planning stage.…”

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confidence: 99%

A mechanistic model for industrial workplace design based on inherent safety and health concepts

Gao,

Chen,

Xiong

et al. 2024

Can J Chem Eng

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This study aims to establish a mechanistic model of using inherent safety and health concepts to conduct industrial workplace risk reduction strategies during the project planning stage. Accordingly, a dedicated implementation tool termed inherently safer and healthier design model for industrial workplaces (ISHDM‐IW) is developed. First, the safety and health by design checklist is adapted to derive industrial workplace safety and health risk indicators. Then, the risk indicators are rated and weighted using the methods of risk matrix and precedence chart. Subsequently, the risk indicators are aggregated via fuzzy risk representation with the indicators' risk values and weights. Last, the inherent safety and health principles are used to do risk‐based baseline design optimization. The case study demonstrates the capabilities of the proposed ISHDM‐IW to upgrade the workplace design scheme from risk level II to risk level I, thus generating a more satisfactory workplace design alternative. The proposed ISHDM‐IW offers a novel design mechanism of inherent safety and health for industrial workplaces, which can be expected to ensure employees' safety, health, and well‐being with fundamentally better ergonomics of industrial work environments.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%