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Occupational Health 2018 Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825 Page 49
May 28-29, 2018
London, UK
4th Edition of International Conference on
Occupational Health and
Safety
Occupational riskassessment andhazard identificationpolicies
play a vital role in industrial health and safety regulations and
compliances. However, traditional risk assessment and hazard
identification procedures in the manufacturing industry employ
only a 2-dimentional approach in this regard. The purpose of this
paper is to investigate the applicability of 3-dimentional visual
simulation to foresee and preempt situations and conditions
of high probabilistic occurrence. Simulated factors have been
through related work practices, environment, conditions and
people. Meanwhile, applications of 3-dimentional simulation
in occupational safety and health have achieved tremendous
success in mining, driving, construction, aviation etc. However,
studies of its application in themanagement of industrial risks and
identifications of hazards inmanufacturing context are silent. This
paper therefore reviews the current risk and hazard identification
methods in the industry. Results of the review attest to this gap
in preemptive visual risk assessments. Recommendation of
the research exhibits simulations of potential risks and hazards
with the Visual Components software. The proposal has been
analyzed through stereoscopic virtual reality glasses showing
clear occupational risks and hazardous issues in amanufacturing
industry model that demands attention.
Biography
Ebo Kwegyir-Afful is a PhD student in the Department of Industrial
Managment in the School of Technology and Innovation of the University
of Vaasa. He has numerous industrial experience/exposure and passionate
with issues of occupatioanl health and safety. He has published a
conference paper on “Effects of occupational health and safety assessment
series (OHSAS) standard: A study on core competencies building and
organizational learning”.
Optimizing occupational safety in the manufacturing context
through simulation of hazard and risk perceptions
Ebo Kwegyir-Afful
University of Vaasa, Finland
Ebo Kwegyir-Afful, J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C2-005