Development of a context-specific knowledge base for Inherently Safer Design (ISD) in confined spaces: A resource for designers and end users
Type de document
Études primaires
Année de publication
2023
Langue
Anglais
Titre de la revue
Process Safety and Environmental Protection
Première page
1076
Dernière page
1093
Résumé
Confined space work is an important activity in various industries and a significant cause of workplace fatalities worldwide. Accidents and fatalities persist despite international standards, regulations, and efforts to improve safety in confined spaces. To address this issue, it is crucial to understand and disseminate knowledge on accident prevention strategies for confined spaces, to raise awareness among safety practitioners, and to harmonize communication between designers and end-users to anticipate OHS risks throughout a structure's lifecycle. Besides, confined spaces are unique and context-dependent, which affects the flexibility of their design and modifications. This paper introduces a Confined Space Permanent Collective Protection (CSPCP) knowledge base as a set of design-oriented principles and sub-principles that can be integrated into confined spaces to protect workers. It incorporates data from legislative and normative safety management frameworks, Inherently Safer Design (ISD) principles, literature-based solutions, expert knowledge, and contextual guidance on 112 CSPCP solutions based on the analysis of 19 case studies. This guidance is finally presented as a relational database, considering input from experts and client-side designers to understand the advantages and limitations of CSPCP for retrofitting confined spaces or designing and manufacturing new ones. Moreover, it provides owners, designers, and safety specialists access through flexible queries to help them balance safety, profitability, and investment.
Mots-clés
Travail en espace clos, Work in confined spaces, Gestion du risque, Risk management, Évaluation du risque, Hazard evaluation, Enquête par entrevue, Interview survey, Québec
Numéro de projet IRSST
2016-0043
Citation recommandée
Gonzalez-Cortes, A., Burlet-Vienney, D., Chinniah, Y., Ben Mosbah, A., Bahloul, A. et Ouellet, C. (2023). Development of a context-specific knowledge base for Inherently Safer Design (ISD) in confined spaces: A resource for designers and end users. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 180, 1076-1093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.10.068