The article analyzes some of the critical aspects of the setting up of the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) program adopted by the main companies in the petroleum region known as the Campos Basin, located in the north of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the biggest oil basin in Brazil. The theoretical and methodological reference used is based on the tools of Ergonomics of Activity and Psychody...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) estimates that 25% of all work-related road deaths are caused by reversing vehicles (Brake the Road Safety Charity). This paper uses an Empirical Modelling (EM) approach to analyse techniques by which vehicle reversing alarms can be “smarter”. Beneficiaries of the techniques include the driver, pedestrians and nearby residents. An original EM model is creat...

MOTIVATION Half-sphere exposure (HSE) is a newly developed two-dimensional solvent exposure measure. By conceptually separating an amino acid's sphere in a protein structure into two half spheres which represent its distinct spatial neighborhoods in the upward and downward directions, the HSE-up and HSE-down measures show superior performance compared with other measures such as accessible surf...

Application to three real scenarios: an underground station, an offshore accommodation module and a building under construction Prepared by Health and Safety Laboratory for the Health and Safety Executive 2004 RI, TD and OD HSE divisions have jointly commissioned HSL to investigate the capabilities and limitations of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to predict the transport of smoke in comple...

Homicide is the fourth leading cause of work-related death in the United States, and the leading cause of work-related death for female workers (Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA]). The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that approximately 2 million workers report being victims of workplace violence annually, with a large proportion of these events involving non-fatal workpl...

This paper focuses on the approaches used in safety cases for software based systems. We outline the history of approaches for assuring the safety of software-based systems, the current uptake of safety and assurance cases and the current practice on structured safety cases. Directions for further development are discussed. 1 History of Computer System Safety and Related Standards The nuclear i...

This document represents a study undertaken by MSL Engineering Limited for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to determine the effects of air gap erosion and subsequent hull inundation on a typical Jack-Up structure. A wave-in-deck loading model was developed (" The MSL Model ") and a sensitivity study was performed to assess the important factors affecting the loads generated during inundat...

Pneumoconiosis is a notifiable industrial disease where a patient develops the disease, their doctor must notify their employer in writing with the patient's consent. The employer then is duty-bound to inform the local Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Pneumoconiosis is also a prescribed industrial disease. Financial compensation may be available where an individual is able to show they worked...