The prospects of occupational risk management during reforms of regulatory legislation basis

2019 ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadim B. Alekseev ◽  
Nina V. Zaitseva ◽  
Pavel Z. Shur
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Occupational Risk ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Legal Principles

Despite wide legislation basis of regulating relations in work safety and workers’ health, one third of workplaces demonstrate exceeded allowable normal levels of workers’ exposure to occupational hazards and present occupational risk for health disorders.In accordance to national legislation acts, evaluation should cover factors of occupational environment and working process, and occupational risk is understood in context of mandatory social insurance. This approach has been formed due to mostly compensatory trend in legal principles of work safety in Russia by now. Implementation of new preventive concept of work safety, based on idea of risk management for workers, necessitates development of legal acts that regulate requirements to evaluation of occupational risk and its reports with consideration of changes in Federal Law on 30 March 1999 №52 FZ “On sanitary epidemiologic well-being of population”.Those acts can include Sanitary Rules and Regulations “Evaluation of occupational risk for workers’ health”, that will contain main principles of risk assessment, requirements to risk assessment, including its characteristics which can serve as a basis of categorizing the risk levels with acceptability.To standardize requirements for informing a worker on the occupational risk, the expediency is specification of sanitary rules “Notifying a worker on occupational risk”. These rules should contain requirements: to a source of data on occupational risk level at workplace, to informational content and to ways of notifying the worker. Specification and implementation of the stated documents enable to fulfil legal requirements completely on work safety — that will provide preservation and increase of efficiency in using work resources.

scholarly journals Risk Assessment at the Plate Production Unit (PPL) of PT. INKA (Persero)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 316
Author(s):  
Monalisa Ma'rifat ◽  
Atiya Thifal Rofifa ◽  
Tri Martiana
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Hazard Identification ◽  
Residual Risk ◽  
Production Unit ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Medium Risk

Introduction: The plate manufacturing production unit is one of the work units in PT. INKA (Persero), which involves the interaction between humans and machines in its activities, heavy equipment, and materials, all of which can cause possible hazard impacts that can impact the safety and health of workers. The purpose of this study is to conduct risk assessment on occupational safety and health aspects by identifying risks, assessing risks, identifying control efforts and assessing residual risk as a form of efforts to prevent occupational accidents and occupational diseases, using existing resources effectively and efficiently. Method: This research is a type of qualitative research, through interviews and observations, with cross-sectional studies and descriptive analysis. The interviewees for this study were K3LH management managers, steel managers, and machine operators in the plate production unit (PPL). The tools in this study werean interview guide, Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Hazard Identification Risk Assessment Determining Control (HIRADC) using the AS / NZS 4360: 2004 Risk Management Worksheet Standard Risk Matrix. Results: From the research, it was found that there are 94 hazards for 11 different machines. Regarding the risk levels, there are 9 extreme risk levels, 46 high risk levels, 33 medium risk levels and 6 low risk levels. Conclusion: There are still 61 risks with medium risk level and 6 remaining risks with high risk level that still need control. Control efforts have been implemented by PT. INKA (Persero) in accordance with the hierarchy of control, such as the use of PPE and the provision of work SOPs. Keywords: hazard identification, risk management, risk assessment, risk control, residual risk 

Applying the risk principle to optimize accuracy and equity in correctional risk assessment: Results From a Simulation

2021 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2098652
Author(s):  
Grant Duwe
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Predictive Accuracy ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Risk Principle ◽  
Changes In Risk ◽  
The Impact

As the use of risk assessments for correctional populations has grown, so has concern that these instruments exacerbate existing racial and ethnic disparities. While much of the attention arising from this concern has focused on how algorithms are designed, relatively little consideration has been given to how risk assessments are used. To this end, the present study tests whether application of the risk principle would help preserve predictive accuracy while, at the same time, mitigate disparities. Using a sample of 9,529 inmates released from Minnesota prisons who had been assessed multiple times during their confinement on a fully-automated risk assessment, this study relies on both actual and simulated data to examine the impact of program assignment decisions on changes in risk level from intake to release. The findings showed that while the risk principle was used in practice to some extent, the simulated results showed that greater adherence to the risk principle would increase reductions in risk levels and minimize the disparities observed at intake. The simulated data further revealed the most favorable outcomes would be achieved by not only applying the risk principle, but also by expanding program capacity for the higher-risk inmates in order to adequately reduce their risk.

Continual improvement of the pre-analytical process in a public health laboratory with quality indicators-based risk management

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 1530-1538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Canan Karadağ ◽  
Nafi Nevrez Demirel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Continual Improvement ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Analytical Process ◽  
Risk Treatment

Abstract Background Quality indicators (QIs) and risk management are important tools for a quality management system designed to reduce errors in a laboratory. This study aimed to show the effectiveness of QI-based risk management for the continual improvement of pre-analytical processes in the Kayseri Public Health Laboratory (KPHL) which serves family physicians and collects samples from peripheral sampling units. Methods QIs of pre-analytical process were used for risk assessment with the failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) method. Percentages and risk priority numbers (RPNs) of QIs were quantified. QI percentages were compared to the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) performance specifications and RPNs were compared to risk level scale, and corrective actions planned if needed. The effectiveness of risk treatment actions was re-evaluated with the new percentages and with RPNs of predefined QIs. Results RPNs related to four QIs required corrective action according to the risk evaluation scale. After risk treatment, the continual improvement was achieved for performance and risk level of “transcription errors”, for risk levels of “misidentified samples” and “not properly stored samples” and for the performance of “hemolyzed samples”. “Not properly stored samples” had the highest risk score because of sample storage and centrifugation problems of peripheral sampling units which are not under the responsibility of the KPHL. Conclusions Public health laboratories may have different risk priorities for pre-analytical process. Risk management based on predefined QIs can decrease the risk levels and increase QI performance as evidence-based examples for continual improvement of the pre-analytical process.

scholarly journals A Quantitative Assessment of Comprehensive Ecological Risk for a Loess Erosion Gully: A Case Study of Dujiashi Gully, Northern Shaanxi Province, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Liu ◽  
Xiaoying Liang ◽  
Hai Chen ◽  
Hang Zhang ◽  
Nanzhao Mao
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Ecological Risk ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Dominant Factor

As a tool that can effectively support ecosystem management, ecological risk assessment is closely related to the sustainable development of ecosystems and human well-being and has become an active area of research in ecology, geography and other disciplines. Taking Dujiashi Gully for the study of gully loess erosion, a comprehensive risk assessment system for identifying risk probability, sensitivity and impairment was established. The spatial distribution of comprehensive ecological risk was analyzed, the ecological risk management categories were simultaneously delineated based on the risk dominant factor and the risk management strategies were formulated in loess regions. The results were as follows: (1) the spatial differences in comprehensive ecological risk were significantly different in the research area. The regions with extremely high and high risk were mainly located in gully areas and secondary erosion gullies, which are in 28.02% of study area. The extremely low-risk areas covered 1/3 of the study area and were mainly distributed to the northwest and south of the study area, where hills are widely spaced. (2) The combined analysis of ecological risk and terrain found that the elevation decreased first and then rose but the comprehensive ecological risk increased first and then decreased from north to south. Comprehensive ecological risk and terrain generally showed an inverse relationship. (3) The study area was divided into four types of risk management categories. Risk monitoring zones, habitat recovery zones, monitoring and recovery zones and natural regulation zones encompass 14.84%, 12.44%, 26.47% and 46.25% of the study area, respectively. According to four types of risk management categories, different risk reduction measures were designed to improve regional sustainable development capacity. Risk identification and risk management categories based on comprehensive ecological risk model can design a sustainable development path for social ecosystem and local farmers and provide a method for sustainable development for similar gully landscapes.

A neural network approach for retailer risk assessment in the aftermarket industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1631-1647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirin Rezaei ◽  
Sajjad Shokouhyar ◽  
Mostafa Zandieh
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Neural Network Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Risk Management Process

Purpose Given the competitive environment and complicated relationships in supply chains in the modern era, it is important to take into account internal and external risks. In addition, proper methods must be designed to evaluate these risks correctly. The purpose of this paper is to provide a suitable map based on the artificial neural network technique to assess and classify the risk levels of retailers who have interconnected rules in the downstream of the supply chain. Design/methodology/approach In this research, a model for risk assessment with a hexagonal grid and 2D self-organizing map was applied. Findings According to the results, the model used in the study can provide a basis for classification of retailers based on the specified risk levels defined by the experts and risk managers of the company. Also with the model’s visual output, managers can have a better understanding of the distribution of the risk level of retailers. Practical implications The proposed methodology can be adopted by managers to assess the risk of members involved in the supply chain, helping them to formulate the risk mitigation strategies based on the risk levels. Originality/value As a part of the risk management process, organizations can use this developed method to reduce the existing risks imposed by the members or customers on the company.

Matching Services to Criminogenic Needs Following Comprehensive Risk Assessment Implementation in Juvenile Probation

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1136-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Nelson ◽  
Gina M. Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Violence Risk ◽  
Juvenile Courts ◽  
Juvenile Probation ◽  
Related Case ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Case Planning

One emphasis of juvenile justice reform has been implementation of risk assessment instruments to improve case planning. This study examined the ability of juvenile probation departments to apply the risk-needs-responsivity (RNR) framework into case planning following a comprehensive implementation protocol. Data were collected on 385 adolescent offenders across three probation departments following implementation of the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk for Youth (SAVRY) and an RNR-related case planning policy. As expected, as risk levels of youth increased, probation departments assigned more services and addressed more criminogenic need areas in their case plans. Most case plans (86%) adhered to the policy to limit the number of needs addressed at one time. The quality of service-to-need matching varied by criminogenic need area, risk level, and site. Implications to juvenile courts’ and probation officers’ case planning and the challenges of research on service-to-need matching are discussed.

scholarly journals A Risk Assessment Framework to Reduce Risk Level and Optimize Software Quality

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjeev Puri
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Reduce Risk

Risk management for software projects is intended to minimize the chances of unexpected events, or more specifically to keep all possible outcomes under tight management control with making judgments about how risk events are to be treated, valued, compared and combined. It is necessary to have some well-founded infrastructure for the identification of software security risks as well as the application of appropriate controls to manage risks. To be truly beneficial, the risk analysis framework must be granular and practical enough to produce a customizable roadmap of which problems exist, and to rank them in order of severity. The paper a risk assessment framework for a precise, unambiguous and efficient risk analysis with qualitative risk analysis methodologies and tree based techniques by exploiting the synthesis of risk analysis methods with object-oriented modeling, semi-formal methods and tools, in order to improve the security risk analysis of software and security policy implementation of security-cri tical systems to reduce risk levels and optimizequality instructions.

scholarly journals OCCUPATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT: PROGNOSIS, CAUSATION AND BIOINFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. I. Denisov ◽  
L. V. Prokopenko ◽  
S. V. Stepanyan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Occupational Risk ◽  
Risk Prevention ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Analytical System

Methodology of occupational risk management is outlined based on workers’ health disorders forecast and causation (work-relatedness assessment). It originates from Labour Code of Russian Federation prescriptions and includes principles, methods and criteria of risk management and risk communication. The methodology is realized by means of bioinformational technologies as expert and analytical system in the form of interactive Web-based directory «Occupational risk assessment» for practical use for occupational risk prevention. 

Horse Entrepreneurs and Their Customers as Partners in Combating the Coronavirus Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-115
Author(s):  
Heli Irmeli Koskinen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Hygiene Behaviour ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Communication Activity

Customers can be important partners and a resource for entrepreneurs during a pandemic situation. In this study, the utilization of this resource was investigated from the perspective of horse entrepreneurs. Firstly, the communication activity of horse entrepreneurs in their social media platforms was inspected, and secondly, a risk assessment for each horse premise was performed. As a result, a variation of communication activity of horse entrepreneurs was found between the northern and southern parts of Finland, and different risk levels of horse premises can be shown. In Northern Finland, 25% and, in Southern Finland, 43% of horse entrepreneurs gave COVID instructions to their customers. Risk levels varied from moderate to unacceptable. Many factors affect the risk level of horse premises, and it is not always in the hands of a single horse entrepreneur to guarantee a healthy environment to customers. Rather, it needs an investigation of the hygiene behaviour of customers and partnership with customers.

scholarly journals Risk assessment of foundation pit construction using cloud model

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 04070
Author(s):  
Tian Xun
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cloud Model ◽  
Simple Calculation ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Foundation Pit ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Construction Risk

The risk level evaluation of foundation pit construction has the characteristics of fuzziness and randomness. Based on the theory of cloud model, a new model of risk level of foundation pit construction is discussed to comprehensively analyze the fuzziness and randomness of foundation pit construction risk assessment. Firstly, the evaluation index system of foundation pit construction risk level is established according to the field monitoring value, and then the cloud numerical characteristics of each evaluation factor belonging to different risk levels are calculated. According to the cloud digital characteristics of each evaluation factor, the determination degree of each evaluation factor belonging to different risk levels can be obtained. Finally, the weight and determination degree of the evaluation factor can be calculated comprehensively to obtain the comprehensive certainty degree of foundation pit construction risk, so as to determine the foundation pit construction risk level. The results of practical application and comparison with other evaluation methods show that this model is effective and feasible for risk classification of foundation pit construction, and has the advantages of simple calculation process and reliable results, which also provides a reference for the analysis of other similar problems.

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