Scope and Main Topics
Main theme
The main theme of the conference is 'On the road to vision zero?'
Prevention of accidents at work is the main focus, and especially the understanding and prevention of occupational accidents; however, major accidents resulting in loss of lives and health in industry and transportation are also within the scope of the conference.
Environmental risk problems are outside the scope of the conference. Occupational health/hygiene and general working environment factors do not in themselves fall under the subjects included in this context, but may be addressed as causal or influencing factors for accident risks.
Globalisation: impact on accident risks
- Impacts of the global financial crisis on safety at work
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – just a business cheat, or an inspiration for improved safety? Cases wanted
- Are the safety standards and practices of Western companies at home applicable to their projects in other parts of the world? What are the constraints?
- How to deal with the high occupational risks of migrant workers
- Transfer of technology
Political, regulatory and institutional approaches to accident control and prevention
- Negotiating health and safety at work: different national approaches
- New public management: effects on safety
- The role of trade unions and safety representatives in accident prevention
- Functional regulations, standardization, certification and auditing ("soft laws") vs. prescriptive regulations and inspections ("hard laws"): which is the best approach?
- The role of insurance in accident prevention: a substitute for prevention and/or a driving force for improved safety?
Human and organisational aspects of accident prevention
- The impact of factors such as behavioural modification, attitudes, norms, climate and culture on accident prevention.
- Safety campaigns: successes and failures
- Learning programs, training, simulation, etc.: what measures help improve workers’ ability to cope with hazards?
- Are changes needed to management approaches in order to maintain safety at work?
- Learning from investigations and statistics: what are the learning loops?
- Responses to "practical drift" from expected work processes
- Academic programs in safety
Risk assessment and monitoring
- Quantitative risk analysis applied to the assessment of occupational accident risks
- Safety management systems: successes and failures
- Accident investigation methods
- Accident statistics: why we need them, and what we do with them
- The risks of new technologies
- Risk awareness and barriers to such awareness
Case studies and comparative studies of occupational accident risk management in different industrial domains
- Health care risks and patient safety
- Transportation
- Construction industry
- Agriculture and fisheries
- Mining
- Process industry including oil and gas
- Manufacturing
- Shipping
- Special focus on groups of workers with high risk exposure
- Others
Historical and futurological reflections on accident risk scenarios and practices
- What have been the basic beliefs and attributions, the internal and external stressors and conditions of accident risk management?
- Risk scenarios of the future and safety research challenges
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