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The exposure damage approach in the quantification of occupational risk in workplaces involving dangerous substances

Papadakis Georgios, Chalkidou Anastasia

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/B1453325-3BCB-49F3-BA7C-CAFEF2553ED5-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2007.11.009-
Languageen-
TitleThe exposure damage approach in the quantification of occupational risk in workplaces involving dangerous substancesen
CreatorPapadakis Georgiosen
CreatorΠαπαδακης Γεωργιοςel
CreatorChalkidou Anastasiaen
CreatorΧαλκιδου Αναστασιαel
PublisherElsevieren
Content SummaryThe work proposes a new approach for the quantification of occupational risk overcoming the limitations of the common qualitative methodologies widely used by industry and authorities. The proposed methodological approach has been developed at the Technical University of Crete and is based on the principles of quantitative risk assessment (QRA) for the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances. It aims at establishing a systematic risk analysis tool for the quantitative assessment of occupational risk. The index of ‘individual occupational risk’ is introduced as a probability function of four variables, normalized over actual working time: the frequency of an active hazard, the probability of an employee being present at a work-place, the extent of distinct consequence zones and the employee vulnerability. The methodology has been applied to several industrial environments and has verified its potentiality to provide documented support on important decisions on occupational (health and safety) improving measures related to process safety conditions, job management, protective systems, consequence mitigation measures and personal protective measures. en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2015-11-12-
Date of Publication2008-
SubjectClimate, Workplaceen
SubjectEnvironment, Worken
SubjectPlaces of worken
SubjectWork placesen
SubjectWorking conditions, Physicalen
SubjectWorking environmenten
SubjectWorkplaceen
SubjectWorkplace climateen
SubjectWorkplace environmenten
SubjectWorksite environmenten
Subjectwork environmenten
Subjectclimate workplaceen
Subjectenvironment worken
Subjectplaces of worken
Subjectwork placesen
Subjectworking conditions physicalen
Subjectworking environmenten
Subjectworkplaceen
Subjectworkplace climateen
Subjectworkplace environmenten
Subjectworksite environmenten
Bibliographic CitationG. Papadakis and A.A. Chalkidou, "The exposure–damage approach in the quantification of occupational risk in workplaces involving dangerous substances", Safety Science, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 972-991, Jul. 2008. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2007.11.009en

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