This paper focuses on the application of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies and Virtual Environments (VEs) on the industrial field regarding safety. The issues of the industrial field are initially presented, focusing on the safety tasks currently performed in the sector. The Virtual Reality technology’s innovative character is then presented, focusing on how this technology can by itself aid th...

Accident reports are the result of investigations into accidents that have occurred in safety critical systems. It has been suggested that accident reports can be both complex and difficult texts to understand resulting in problems of comprehension. Graphical notations have been suggested as a way to resolve these difficulties due to their concise and visual nature. However, there is no evidenc...

This study concerned with the characteristics of occupational deaths and injuries in the construction industry of South Korea. The national statistics of industrial accidents in the years 1991-1994 were extracted from the annual publications of the Ministry of Labor. These data were analyzed in terms of the size of company, age of injured person, work experience, accident type, injury type, inj...

We analyze the insurance of nuclear liability risk, from theoretical and applied standpoints. Firstly, we characterize optimal scheme for a low-probability industrial accident, such as catastrophe, in model collective risk-sharing. Using catastrophe bond data, then evaluate cost capital sustaining an mechanism. Finally, individual lotteries associated with risk accident France, estimate coverag...