Abstract
Airborne contaminants or other hazardous agents or
energies in the production environment create risks to
personnel and therefore, need for workplace improvements
are many times urgent, especially in small and medium
size enterprises (SME). That fact is normally well known
by the staff as well as the managers of the company. The
knowledge in how an internal work best shall be organised
with the intention to seek solutions on the problems is
however missing. Concerning health hazards from chemical
or physi-cal exposure are the companies poor in utilising
simple, easily accessible and many times economical
possibilities to control exposure.
In this project has a procedure that gives the companies
better possibilities to control health hazards more
efficiently in the workplace been developed. The
procedure has been developed and tested in nine
companies. The procedure involves the following steps;1)
a working group is formed and goal is decided. 2)
visualisation methods are used to identify the variation
in exposure. The results are discussed directly on the
workplace. 3) after a few weeks the working group meets
again. The group uses the further analysed results as the
base for an idea generation meeting. The results of the
discussions will form the base for decisions regarding
different control measures, evaluation and follow-up of
the results.
The used visualisation tools contribute strongly to
motivate the workers and to give them necessary knowledge
to actively take part in searching for solutions on their
problems. Examples showed that it was possible to reduce
the exposure more than 90% only by a more effective
utilisation of necessary prerequisites that already
existed in the workplace. The developed WISP procedure
has proved to be effective directly or after minor
adjustments.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 4th International Scientific Conference of the International Occupational Hygiene Association |
Place of Publication | Cairns |
Publication status | Published - 2000 |
MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
Event | 4th International Scientific Conference of the International Occupational Hygiene Association - Cairns, Australia Duration: 10 Jul 2000 → 14 Jul 2000 |
Conference
Conference | 4th International Scientific Conference of the International Occupational Hygiene Association |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Cairns |
Period | 10/07/00 → 14/07/00 |