Safety Science: Methods to Prevent Incidents and Worker Health Damage at the Workplace

Author(s): Eduardo Calixto

DOI: 10.2174/9781608059522115010011

Safety and Occupational Health Management

Pp: 321-386 (66)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

The safety and Occupational Management has been a huge challenge faced for different organizations throughout the world. Indeed the first challenge is to implement the best methods in the different safety subject, such as occupational risk, risk management, accident analysis, human factor analysis, emergency response. The second challenge is to manage such information and activities in order to produce a high effectiveness in Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) Management. This requires an effective management model as well as considering different aspects which impact on Safety and Occupational Health performance, such as safety culture, leadership, organizational learning and safety economic valuation. Those aspects are the pillars of SOH management, which must also be integrated with Integrated Management System and Asset Management. However, all this effort does not achieve their objective if a proper management model support (SOH). Finally, in order to achieve the highest performance in (SOH) the organizations must understand that the main focus of (SOH) are people who works in process and are effected for that.

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