Risk-based construction safety index as an integral indicator in the agricultural sector

Abstract

A new indicator for monitoring the level of labor protection at construction sites in the agricultural sector is proposed – the construction safety index with consideration of risk, which combines the Elmery system and the Fine-Kinney method. This method shows a complete picture of ensuring the level of labor protection at the construction site, taking into account emerging risk situations in the dynamics of construction. The universality of this approach allows each enterprise, depending on its technological features, to determine the list of hazards that it is going to control, which will allow predicting the development of negative scenarios, as well as planning the amount of money to ensure the proper level of labor protection.

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“…The first is the Fine-Kinney method [48,49], which assesses potential hazards and associated risks, providing a risk score (RS) that depends on probability (P), exposure (E) and consequence (C), as defined in Equation 1. This method has been extensively applied to a variety of industries [50], such as agriculture [51], construction [52], defense [53], manufacturing [54], metallurgy [55], rail [56], supply chain [57], and so on. Compared to other assessment methods, such as the binary method proposed by the National Institute for Safety and Health at Work (INSST) [58] for determining the consequence in terms of severity and likelihood, the what if analysis [59] for making the right decision considering its implications, the failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) [60] for identifying potential failures in industrial processes, the fault tree analysis (FTA) [61] for exploring failure causes, the hazard and operability study (HAZOP) and the hazard analysis (HAZAN) [62] for identifying hazards and quantifying their risks, or the Fera-Macchiaroli method [63] for considering dangers and harmful effects, the Fine-Kinney method has reached a widespread use because of considering ease of calculation, clarity and non-labour intensity, as well as taking into account effectiveness value and cost of actions proposed.…”