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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Risk Management
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Current Health and Safety (H&S) risk assessment methods primarily focus on safety accidents, neglecting the complex nature of chronic health harm.
  • Assessing chronic health risks is challenging due to indeterminate consequences and likelihood, necessitating improved quantitative measurement.
  • A gap exists in H&S risk management for a comprehensive approach that effectively integrates chronic health considerations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a quantitative risk measurement for H&S systems that effectively represents chronic health issues.
  • To propose a novel risk assessment framework from a public health perspective, utilizing quality of life metrics.
  • To harmonize safety and harm risk assessments into a unified methodology.

Main Methods:

  • Adopted a public health perspective, focusing on quality of life to reframe risk assessment.
  • Developed a new risk assessment process to accommodate the inclusion of chronic harm.
  • Applied the devised method to a case study for validation and analysis.

Main Results:

  • The case study demonstrated that incorporating chronic harm scales prompted more detailed hazard consideration.
  • Findings suggest individuals benefit from a structured framework to communicate and address chronic harm hazards.
  • A comprehensive risk assessment method was successfully devised, integrating both safety accidents and chronic health issues.

Conclusions:

  • The new method offers a more complete risk assessment by including chronic health considerations alongside safety.
  • Making chronic harm more visible through this framework has the potential to significantly enhance industrial prevention strategies.
  • This approach can lead to more effective and preventative H&S management by addressing both acute safety risks and long-term health impacts.