An attribute-based model to retrieve storm surge disaster cases

In China, storm surge disasters cause severe damages in coastal regions. One of the most critical tasks is to predict affected regions and their relative damage levels to support decision-making. This study develops a two-stage retrieval model to search the most similar past disaster case to complete prediction. Based on spatial attributes of...

Een vlinderdasanalyse van intern transport met palletwagens: Indicatoren en managementfactoren

Een Belgisch bedrijf uit de maakindustrie gebruikt palletwagens voor intern transport. Ondanks de veiligheidsinspanningen komen ongevallen met palletwagens frequent voor. Om arbeidsongevallen te beheersen is het belangrijk om een goed zicht te hebben op de potentiële ongevalsscenario’s in het bedrijf. De BowTie- of het vlinderdasmodel is een...

Emerging Risk Management Versus Traditional Risk: Differences and Challenges in the Context of Occupational Health and Safety

As a result of the important and rapid technological advances in industrial processes, in recent years the scientific interest in the field of occupational health and safety (OH&S) is increasing. This scenario of continuous change generates both new opportunities and new challenges in the workplace. This circumstance allows eliminating or...

Hoe effectief zijn procesveiligheidsindicatoren?: Indicatoren en managementfactoren

Procesveiligheidsindicatoren geven informatie over ongevalsscenario’s en over de effectiviteit van veiligheidsbarrières. Dat is de bedoeling. Het is de vraag of dat lukt. In de vakliteratuur wordt een onderscheid gemaakt tussen leidende (leading) en volgende (lagging) indicatoren. Dit lijkt overtuigend. Behalve bedrijven gebruikt ook de overheid...

Standardized risk assessment techniques: A review in the framework of occupational safety

The publication in 2018 of ISO 45001 is the first international ISO standard in the field of occupational health and safety management systems. ISO 45001 is the result of an international consensus on the subject and describes the best international preventive practices and incorporates the requirements of a management system aligned with the...

Optimizing security patrolling scheduling in chemical industrial parks by using game theory

Protecting chemical clusters from intentional attacks has been a hot topic during the last decade. Besides intrusion security countermeasures such as cameras, entrances control etc., patrolling also fulfils an important role in the security of chemical facilities and industrial parks. Current patrolling strategies in industry are mainly...

An ontological and semantic foundation for safety science

This article proposes an ontological and semantic foundation for safety science, based on an etymological and etiological study of the concepts of risk and safety. The awareness regarding the concepts of safety and risk have both evolved in similar ways because of increasingly more demanding situations and events that impact society in an...