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Paul Lindhout1, Ben J M Ale

  • 1Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, AI-MHC, Anna van Hannoverstraat 4, P.O. Box 90801, 2509 LV The Hague, The Netherlands. plindhout@minszw.nl

Journal of Hazardous Materials
|July 29, 2009
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Language issues in industrial safety are often underestimated. This study reveals communication barriers pose significant, unaddressed risks, necessitating improved safety management systems and clearer documentation for risk reduction.

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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Safety and Health
  • Risk Management
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Communication Studies

Background:

  • Language issues, encompassing difficulties in speech, signs, gestures, and written communication, are prevalent.
  • These issues stem from factors like low literacy, multilingual environments, and are often overlooked by current safety management systems.
  • Underestimated language-related risks pose a significant, unaddressed danger in industrial settings, particularly in high-risk industries like those under Seveso II directives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the nature and extent of dangers associated with language issues in industrial safety.
  • To identify and quantify language-related risks that are currently not recognized by safety management systems.
  • To bridge the gap between identified language-related dangers and current best practices in risk management.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review on language issues and industrial dangers.
  • Experimental investigation and surveys conducted among Seveso II companies in the Netherlands.
  • Analysis of human error frequencies and accident investigation reports; assessment of safety document readability; interviews with regulators.

Main Results:

  • Accident investigation method causal factor categories were insufficient for capturing the type and magnitude of language-related risks.
  • A significant portion of safety-related documents exhibited poor readability.
  • Triangulation of data from literature, experiments, surveys, and interviews confirmed that language issue-related risks are substantially underestimated.

Conclusions:

  • Language issues represent a critical, underestimated safety risk in industrial environments.
  • Current safety management systems and accident investigation methods fail to adequately address these risks.
  • A recommended course of action is presented to develop and implement appropriate risk-reducing measures for language-related dangers.