Safety in Design
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Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are the organic chemical with high vapor pressure at ordinary room temperature. VOC like alkanes, halogenated compounds, aldehydes, alcohols, ketones, olefins, aromatics compounds, and ethers are emitted... more
The awareness of design safety concept is currently low as there is no direct intervention in this country. This paper presents a study that was conducted to investigate the current culture in terms of addressing construction worker... more
Root cause analysis is perhaps the most widely used tool in healthcare risk management, but does it actually lead to successful risk control? Are there categories of risk control that are more likely to be effective? And do healthcare... more
Root cause analysis is perhaps the most widely used tool in healthcare risk management, but does it actually lead to successful risk control? Are there categories of risk control that are more likely to be effective? And do healthcare... more
DfCS is an approach in minimizing and reducing project risk that can be described as designing for constructability. The designers have the responsibility towards the workforce by considering safety in their design where it is... more
DfCS is an approach in minimizing and reducing project risk that can be described as designing for constructability. The designers have the responsibility towards the workforce by considering safety in their design where it is... more
The construction industry in Malaysia, as in many other countries, is considered one of the riskiest industries due to the high rate of accidents and their devastating consequences. The construction safety has been debated for centuries... more
The construction industry has been known as the most fatal industries worldwide. Accident affects varies parties involving direct and indirect costs to the contractor and clients as well. The construction safety measures in the current... more
This article presents an implementation of an innovative safety module for a robot control architecture. It applies the principle of reversibility to assess intrinsic safety of actions and to adapt robot’s be- havior. The underlying idea... more