This report describes work for HSE to review the safety related implications of the European research and development project " Risk Based Inspection and Maintenance Procedures for European Industry " (RIMAP) RIMAP is partly funded by the European Commission under EC Framework Programme 5. Mitsui Babcock have reviewed for HSE the implications of RIMAP for health and safety in the UK. A number o...

BACKGROUND Conventional health, safety and environment (HSE) are a widely used approach to enhance availability and efficiency of complex systems. The integrated HSEE system is defined however as integration of conventional HSE with ergonomics approach. The presented HSEE system introduces a unique, effective and systemic mechanism, which integrates the structure of the human and organizational...

Within the UK exposure of the consumer to pesticides via food is under the jurisdiction of the Pesticide Safety Directorate (PSD). However, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also has an input into the pesticide approvals process and this is related to worker safety. In terms of agricultural use, HSE has always had a watching brief as far as operator exposure is concerned either by doing ...

Safety leadership, defined as “the process of defining the desired state, setting up the team to succeed, and engaging in the discretionary efforts that drive the safety value” (Cooper, 2010a) is widely recognized to be critical (HSE, 2001), especially when the prevailing safety culture is weak (Martínez-Córcoles, Gracia, Ines, et al., 2011). A company’s safety culture is driven by the executiv...

They are all part of a safety training programme that encourages businesses in industrialized countries to share knowledge about health, safety and the environment (HSE) with developing nations. Zhang, a senior engineer in the Safety Technical Department of China Petrochemical Company (SINOPEC) lost his father in a construction accident and bears his own scars from work incidents. His visit to ...