Safety in machinery design and construction: Knowledge and performance

Bluff, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2014.10.011

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“…The experts agreed that enacting a specific EU product safety directive for scaffolding would be positive, with 67% indicating that it would probably be positive, and 33% indicating that it would definitely be positive (Figure 8). This result is in line with other studies that justify the need to implement other product safety directives—for example, for the design and manufacture of machinery that may pose a risk to workers [8,33,44]. However, the complexity of enacting this directive is recognized in view of the fact that the implementation of a product safety directive implies finding a delicate balance between the market and safety requirements [45].…”

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“…Some 84% answered “Probably yes” or “Definitely yes”, as can be seen in Figure 9. According to the results obtained and to other research [46], the need for this specific training and qualification of scaffolding assemblers is clear, to improve safety conditions during the assembly, use, and dismantling of scaffolding, and to ensure the proper supervision, control, and maintenance of scaffolding [44,45,46,47]. Logically, the need to establish this type of specific training is even greater in the case of nonstandardized scaffolding, while its use remains permitted.…”

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Does Europe Need an EU Product Safety Directive for Access Scaffolding?

Rubio-Romero

Suárez-Cebador

Pardo-Ferreira

et al. 2019

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The main requirement established for the development of European Union product safety directives is to ensure a high level of safety for users. This research aims to analyze whether Europe needs a product safety directive for scaffolding and identify the main factors to be defined in public policies on the use of standardized scaffolding in the absence of such a directive. The principal types of scaffolding were reviewed, along with European regulations, and their risk levels. Finally, a qualitative study using a panel of experts was conducted to determine the differences between types of scaffolding and whether the enactment of such a directive would be justified. Key results were that the risk level associated with scaffolding positioned it third or fourth between material agents more hazardous in relation to falls from height. There is no existing product safety directive for scaffolding, despite the fact that there are directives for other products less dangerous than or as dangerous as scaffolding. However, there are noncompulsory standards EN 12810-1-2 and EN 12811-1-2-3-4 for scaffolding, which would form the basis of the essential requirements contained in a directive if it were created. The experts highlighted significant differences between “standardized” and “nonstandardized” scaffolding, with higher safety levels and productivity, and better maintenance, inspection, assembly, and dismantling associated with the former, and lower costs with the latter. Thus, they found that the enacting of an EU product safety directive for scaffolding would be justifiable, and in its absence supported the promotion of the use of standardized scaffolding.

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Does Europe Need an EU Product Safety Directive for Access Scaffolding?

Rubio-Romero

Suárez-Cebador

Pardo-Ferreira

et al. 2019

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“…Furthermore, work itself is a significant source of WHS knowledge and skills as learning takes place through participation in work activities and interactions (Billett 2001;Brown and Duguid 1991), including through observation of others' behaviour, conversations and storytelling and questioning and problem solving (Bluff 2015b;Gherardi and Nicolini 2002;Sanne 2008). In these respects, knowledge comprises individuals' personal stocks of information, skills, experiences, beliefs and memories (Alexander 1991).…”

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The regulation of work health and safety

Bluff¹

2017

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“…Although the unified EU market expects the observance of the actual rules for machinery construction, it is, however, mainly the organizations that have outof-date machinery and make changes to the machinery without adequate consideration of the basic requirements of the Machinery Directive [13]. The next issue is the education and training of technical workers/designers who have no knowledge of the principles and requirements for safe designing [14][15][16]. Some industry studies have identified up to 50% of the root causes of serious industry accidents come from mistakes caused by machinery designs [17].…”

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Methodology for Complex Efficiency Evaluation of Machinery Safety Measures in a Production Organization

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Even though the rules for the free circulation of machinery within the European Union (EU) market have existed for more than 30 years, accidents related to their activities have constantly been reaching significant value. When designing a machine, the design must stem from a risk assessment, where all stages of its life cycle and the ways to use it must be taken into consideration. In industrial operations with old machinery, despite fulfilling its function reliably, the safety level is below the developing requirements for safe operations. The proposed methodology to assess machinery safety conditions comes from the assumption of the proper application of risk assessment steps and their effectiveness in risk reduction mainly through implementing both effective and efficient preventive measures. The objective of the research applied in three operations was to verify the methods concerning machinery safety and its management. The created methodology, based on 19 requirements for safety, evaluates the level of current measures using a criterion of the current safety status and the total effectiveness of safety measures. Its output is the assessment of the efficiency level of the implemented safety measures of each machine as well as of the whole operation.

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Safety in machinery design and construction: Knowledge and performance

Cited by 9 publications

References 49 publications

Does Europe Need an EU Product Safety Directive for Access Scaffolding?

Does Europe Need an EU Product Safety Directive for Access Scaffolding?

The regulation of work health and safety

Methodology for Complex Efficiency Evaluation of Machinery Safety Measures in a Production Organization

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