Occupational health and safety in the industry 4.0 era: A cause for major concern?

Badri, Adel; Boudreau-Trudel, Bryan; Souissi, Ahmed Saâdeddine

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2018.06.012

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“…The selected approach is to discuss the effects of digitalization by focusing on its drivers, like the implementation of Industry 4.0, mainly oriented not only on production but also on the health of workers and environmental working conditions. This is relevant as several authors [36,37] have highlighted that technologies driving Industry 4.0 are in many cases developed in silos and manufacturers'initiatives are isolated and fragmented, therefore dangers will multiply and the net impact on OHS will be negative.…”

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Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation

2020

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This paper aims at exploring the perspective of sustainability when digital transformation is adopted by one organization, although it was not the first goal targeted. Two different cases are analyzed, covering manufacturing and service industries. In those cases different factors will be analyzed, mainly focused on the positive effects of knowledge creation facilitated by direct or indirect application of digitalization. Specific analysis of different cases were carried out to identify different initiatives and the impact on environmental performance. The positive effects of the institutional dimension were also assessed.

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Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation

2020

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“…Specific factors include horizontal, vertical and digital integration and areas of standardisation enabling organisations to connect to one another easily [24]. Organisations will have to manage multiple complexities, namely complex systems, as it is required to develop and apply new models and methods [25]; comprehensive infrastructure consisting of a high-quality information network and internet connectivity; security and privacy, enforcing data protection [12]; work organisation and design, as the roles of the employees change [26]; new and relevant legal frameworks [1] and the effective use of resources [24]. Organisational performance in this new era requires managing teams of highly specialised technical experts, as well as employees trained to operate in the new technological revolution, with specific profiles that are currently non-existent [27,28].…”

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“…Furthermore, productivity changes require a different skill mix, demanding essential problemsolving, critical thinking and design thinking abilities. [42] Technology-centric convergence [5,12,15,25,26, 42] Virtual model and physical environment linkage [1,7,22,25,41,50] (continued) From a technology perspective, digital eco-systems are enabled where strategy, channels, people and technology are connected within an organisation or across multiple organisations in the eco-system, emphasising security implementation concerns. As the digital technologies inform change, transformation may be based on technologycentric convergence, especially in instances where there is a blurring between virtual and physical worlds (digital twins) or where the digital world is translated to the physical one (3D printing).…”

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A Strategic Organisational Perspective of Industry 4.0: A Conceptual Model

Smuts

Merwe

Smuts

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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The so-called fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0 (I4.0), with its potentially disruptive technologies, is changing the way we socialise, live and work and provides opportunities for organisations to innovate and disrupt. Although organisations are acknowledging the emergence of I4.0 and realise the importance of being ready for its impact, better understanding is required of the potential of I4.0 and its holistic impact on organisations. In this paper, we conducted a systematic literature review to identify all I4.0-related organisational aspects, such as an I4.0-relevant strategy, digital business model innovation, technology investment optimisation, workforce management complexity, digital eco-systems, technology-centric convergence, virtual model and physical environment linkage, value chain digitalisation and product portfolio innovation. Furthermore, we presented these I4.0 organisational aspects identified in a conceptual model based on the components of organisational strategic alignment. By using such a conceptual model, organisations can ensure that both optimisation and new opportunities enabled by I4.0 are leveraged and that a relevant, strategically aligned approach to I4.0 may be considered.

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“…One likewise aspired to improve productivity through flexible machine design, as well as by improving ergonomics and safety. Therefore, in the history of industrialization, 1970 marks the beginning of a new stage (The Third Industrial Revolution -Use of IT systems for automation) [1,2,3].…”

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“…The goal of Industry 4.0 is the convergence of manufacturing and digital revolution by the introduction of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and Services and all devices called "smart". The essence of such initiatives is manufacturers being able to satisfy a constantly changing demand by more efficient use of adaptive and flexible machines and manufacturing systems [1,5]. Hence, the productivity of the production systems is additionally increasing.…”

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Projects in Industry 4.0 framework and its effects on occupational safety

Milijić¹,

Bogdanović²,

Nikolić³

2019

Proceedings of the 5th IPMA SENET Project Management Conference (SENET 2019)

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The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, introduced a new level of production and transformed the use of digital integration and intelligent engineering. The essence of such initiatives is that manufacturers are able to satisfy a constantly changing demand by using flexible "smart" machines. However, the implementation of all the technologies used by the Industry 4.0 in production systems is not easy due to significant challenges. Therefore, it is necessary to identify and examine the challenges faced by manufacturing companies when trying to apply Industry 4.0. Occupational safety is certainly one of the most important challenges of the new production paradigm, to which adequate attention should be paid. This challenge is becoming even more pronounced in the project environment because of the temporary nature of the projects. In order to improve the level of occupational safety, its adequate analysis seems necessary. One way to do this is to compare the subject area in different contexts. In this paper, using the PROMETHEE tool, a multicriterial analysis of the effect of Industry 4.0 on occupational safety factors at industrial projects in Serbia was performed, compared to the previous industrial paradigm.

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Occupational health and safety in the industry 4.0 era: A cause for major concern?

Cited by 300 publications

References 52 publications

Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation

Digitalization: An Opportunity for Contributing to Sustainability From Knowledge Creation

A Strategic Organisational Perspective of Industry 4.0: A Conceptual Model

Projects in Industry 4.0 framework and its effects on occupational safety

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