Ergonomic risk management process for safety and health at work

Bibliographic Data

ID22080320
AuthorsOleg Bazaluk (0000-0002-1623-419X, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology), Vitaliy Tsopa (0000-0002-4811-3712), Serhii Cheberiachko (0000-0003-3281-7157, Dnipro University of Technology), Оleg Deryugin (0000-0002-2456-7664, Dnipro University of Technology), Oleg Deryugin, Dmytro Radchuk (0000-0001-8034-541X, Dnipro University of Technology), Oleksandr Borovytskyi (0000-0003-1111-7960, Dnipro University of Technology), Vasyl Lozynskyi (0000-0002-9657-0635, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume11
Pages1253141-1253141
Publication date2023-11-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1253141
PMID38026378
OpenAlexW4388636053
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited53

Purpose: The paper aims to provide the main principles and practical aspects of the model, to present the process of identifying, determining the level, as well as assessing and managing occupational and ergonomic risks. Methods: To conduct the research, as well as to identify the influence of various dangerous factors related to the working posture, pace, rhythm of work performance, equipment and individual characteristics of the employee's health condition, methods of complex analysis and synthesis, formal and dialectical logic are used to study the essence of the concept of occupational and ergonomic risks. Additionally, induction and deduction methods are used to examine the cause-and-effect relationships between dangers, dangerous factors, dangerous event, and the severity of consequences to determine the level of occupational and ergonomic risks based on the improved bow-tie model. The proposed approach effectiveness is tested based on the assessment of occupational and ergonomic risks of forest workers (loggers) with the participation of five experts to identify dangerous factors and develop precautionary measures. Results: An algorithm for managing occupational and ergonomic risks has been developed, consisting of eleven steps, which can be divided into three steps: preparatory, main and documented. It has been determined that occupational and ergonomic risk is the probability of a dangerous event occurring due to employee's physical overload and its impact on the severity of damage to the employee's physical health. The level of occupational and ergonomic risk management is determined taking into account the probability (frequency), intensity and duration of physical overload, as well as the employee's adaptation index to physical overload and his/her health index. Conclusion: The novelty is the substantiation of the principles of occupational and ergonomic risk management, which are based on the bow-tie model and predict the impact on the probability and severity of consequences of a dangerous event, taking into account dangerous factors. Forms for drawing up occupational and ergonomic risk maps have been developed, in which it is necessary to consider interaction of occupational hazards and occupational-ergonomic risk - physical overload

Business · Environmental health · Occupational safety and health · Pace · Poison control · Risk management · Aerospace, Electronics, Mathematical Modeling · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental and Industrial Safety · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Occupational Health and Global Justice · Psychology

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