How to Integrate Languages on Safety: A Participatory Information System to Improve Risk Management

Trizio, Marco; Occelli, Cristiano; Re, Alessandra

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“…In general,ithasbeenproventhat the design of an alarm system shouldbe customizedtothespecificconditionofuse,inordertoimprovethehuman-alarm interaction,analyzingthewaysalarmsareintegratedintotheworkingplacesina systemic perspective (Amaldi et al, 2007, Haas &Van Erp, 2014Van Erp,Toet, & Janssen,2015).Thegoalofthepresentworkwastoprovideanalarmsystemthatwas effectiveinthespecificworkingenvironmentofatoxicologylabofamajorhospitalin Torino,Italy,inthecontextofanIOT-basedsafetyproject (Antonini,Boella,Calafiore etal.,2016).Inthisenvironment,workersmightbeintoxicatedbyharmfulreagents leakedfromtheircontainers,ormightbeoverexposedtopotentiallytoxicsubstances. Existingsensorsdetectdatarelatedtotheleveloftoxicityoftheenvironment,andgo offoncethethresholdisovercame.Thus,inordertobetterknowthecontextwhereto situatethealarms,theauthorsstartedwithaparticipatoryactivityanalysistohighlight risksanddiscomfortexperiencedbytheoperatorsincurrentworkingpractices (Trizio, Occelli & Re, 2017).The analysis highlighted the specificities of the lab working conditions: (1) the workers might be doing critical activities that should not be interruptedifnotstrictlynecessary;(2)theyarepotentiallyexposedtocollectivebut alsotopersonalrisks,theirperformanceoftendivergesfromtheexpectedprocedures. Specifically,thenon-compliancewithorganizationalpoliciesandproceduresmight causepersonalrisksthatcanbeunder-estimatedevenbytheexperiencedoperators.…”

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A Multimodal Alarm System for Risk Management in a Clinical Lab

Cena¹,

Lombardi²,

Soccini³

et al. 2018

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

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In this article, the authors aim at finding a way to effectively communicate situations of risk related to work safety, by catching workers' attention without interrupting their main task. They designed a multimodal alarm solution specifically conceived for a biomedical lab, where workers might be intoxicated due to the possible leak of reagents or to excessive exposure to potentially toxic substances. The authors propose a novel multimodal alarm system which makes use of different sensory modalities, touch and vision. In particular, it exploits wearable technologies to improve the effectiveness of the alarm in the context. In details, it offers 1) tactile alarm to catch user attention, 2) different alarm modalities for collective and personal risks, 3) visual cue to provide immediate diagnostic information on the risk source, and more detailed information on the risk nature. In this article, the authors describe a pilot test in the real context of use to inform the design of the system. The results are promising for the development of the solution.

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confidence: 99%