Development of Risk Assessment Methodology for Occupational Safety in Using Work Observation Technique

摘要

It is a challenge to prevent an occupational accident in any industrial activities. The aim of this study is to improve the safety andrnreduce the risk of occupational accidents at shipyard through developing a risk assessment.rnThis paper describes the concept and methodology of risk assessment for occupational safety and its application. The methodologyrnintroduces an effective and useful assessment procedure to construct the database based on the past occupational accidents occurredrnat shipyards. Quantitative methodology is developed to understand the unsafe working conditions and environment at the shipyardrnby the convenient handheld to collect the data with Information Technology. Some examples of effective hazard countermeasures arernsuggested and a feasibility study is conducted to improve a walking environment at shipyards.