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Major accident prevention through applying safety knowledge management approach.
1Center of Excellence for Occupational Health and Research Center of Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Journal of Emergency Management (Weston, Mass.)
|April 26, 2016
Summary
A new knowledge base (KB) was developed for chemical accident prevention, improving safety knowledge management. This approach enhances user interaction with safety information repositories.
Area of Science:
- Chemical Engineering
- Safety Science
- Information Science
Background:
- Numerous scattered knowledge resources exist for chemical accident prevention.
- Current process safety management, relying on databases and existing knowledge, presents limitations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a novel knowledge base (KB) specifically for the chemical accident prevention domain.
- To address drawbacks in traditional safety knowledge management processes.
Main Methods:
- Identification and scanning of diverse safety knowledge sources.
- Formalization of collected knowledge using computerized methods.
- Utilizing Protégé software for knowledge representation and structuring.
Main Results:
- Successful retrieval and organization of domain-specific knowledge, data, and information.
- Enhanced safety and health knowledge management (KM) processes.
- Resolution of common challenges encountered in KM.
Conclusions:
- Transitioning from traditional safety databases to knowledge bases (KBs) offers significant advantages.
- KBs improve user interaction and accessibility of safety information repositories.
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