Rapid Risk Assessment in Industry: Increasing Awareness of Worker Safety in Industrial Activities

Abstract

When training engineers and team leaders, it is crucial to focus on cultivating essential skills for safety at work, required in both theoretical design and practical application. One such crucial skill is the ability to assess professional risks across all engineering domains. To promote sustainable safety awareness in workplaces and to initiate the early education and training of engineering workers through training and testing, we developed a software application and tested it among Romanian workers. This software facilitates the management of the entire risk assessment process, further enhancing the training experience. The presented methodology used for learning, testing, and assessing the skills of engineering workers and for risk assessment, called EL-PRAI (Engineering Learning and Professional Risks Assessment in Industry), was tested on 238 workers (engineers and team leaders) from different engineering fields. The results obtained and the workers’ positive feedback support a broader use of the software application for educating engineers and team leaders on workplace safety. If the engineers and team leaders understand the risks at their workplaces well, they will be able to properly train their subordinate workers and order appropriate measures before starting activities.