| Document ID (ISN) | 100564 |
| CIS number |
02-1599 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1047-322X - Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Toffel M.W., Birkner L.R. |
| Title |
Estimating and controlling workplace risk: An approach for occupational hygiene and safety professionals |
| Bibliographic information |
July 2002, Vol.17, No.7, p.477-485. Illus. 6 ref. |
| Abstract |
Meeting safety and health objectives requires financial resources. This article proposes that risk decisions should be made with probabilistic processes used in financial decision-making, which are familiar and recognizable to business managers. It develops the processes and demonstrates the use of incident probabilities, past outcome information and incremental impact analysis to estimate risk of multiple alternatives in the chemical industry. It also analyses how the ethical aspects of decision-making can be addressed in formulating safety and health risk management plans. It is concluded that easily understood applied probabilistic risk assessment methods used by business to assess financial and outcome risk have applicability to improving workplace safety and health. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
chemical industry; plant safety and health organization; hazard evaluation; economic aspects |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
statistical evaluation; ethics; mathematical models |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
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| Browse category(ies) |
Chemical industry
Risk evaluation
Economic aspects
Ethical issues
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