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van Kampen, J. (author), Lammers, M. (author), Steijn, W. (author), Guldenmund, F. (author), Groeneweg, J. (author)In the Netherlands, approximately 2.300 workers have a serious reportable accident at work every year, of which around 60 are fatal (Inspectie SZW, 2020; Bellamy et al., 2014). Safety practitioners employ many methods to improve occupational safety for workers within their companies. Interventions might, for example, be aimed at improving...article 2023
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Steijn, W.M.P. (author), van Oosterhout, J. (author), van Gulijk, C. (author)This work provides insight into the scientific-ground work for the development of digital safety tools for human-robot interactions; GRIP - Guarding Robot Interaction Performance. GRIP is a digital safety management system under development for human-robot interactions (HRI) in an Industry 4.0 setting. GRIP draws knowledge from different sources...conference paper 2021
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Sperna Weiland, N.H. (author), Traversari, A.A.L. (author), Sinnige, J.S. (author), van Someren Greve, F. (author), Timmermans, A. (author), Spijkerman, I.J.B. (author), Ganzevoort, W. (author), Hollmann, M.W. (author)dDuring the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-1 epidemic, healthcare workers involved in aerosol-generating procedures, such as tracheal intubation or bronchoalveolar lavage, were at increased risk of becoming infected.1 For the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS...article 2020
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Swuste, P. (author), Zwaard, W. (author), Groeneweg, J. (author), Guldenmund, F. (author)The origin of occupational safety, as an area of main interest of the government, the industry, the unions, and scientists starts in the Netherlands at the end of the 19th century. Roughly in the same period occupational medicine becomes a separate domain. Only just after World War II are safety professionals organised in associations. Starting...article 2019
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van den Heuvel, S.G. (author), Bakhuys Roozeboom, M.C. (author), Eekhout, I. (author), Venema, A. (author)The changing world of work has increased the prevalence of psychosocial risks at European workplaces. Psychosocial risks may have severe consequences for workers’ health and well-being. Research has shown that they are related to poorer mental health, depression, cardiovascular diseases and musculoskeletal disorders. Therefore, appropriate...other 2019
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Tompa, E. (author), Mofidi, A. (author), van den Heuvel, S. (author), van Bree, T. (author), Michaelsen, F. (author), Jung, Y. (author), Porsch, L. (author), van Emmerik, M. (author)Insight into the financial consequences of work-related injuries and diseases provides governments, policy makers and employers’ organisations with relevant data for the purpose of developing OSH policies and agreements. Also, insight into these costs will help to raise awareness of the magnitude of the problem and will contribute to a more...other 2019
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Koivisto, A.J. (author), Kling, K.I. (author), Fonseca, A.S. (author), Brostrøm Bluhme, A. (author), Moreman, M. (author), Yu, M. (author), Costa, A.L. (author), Giovanni, B. (author), Ortelli, S. (author), Fransman, W. (author), Vogel, U. (author), Jensen, K.A. (author)Nanoscale TiO2 (nTiO2) is manufactured in high volumes and is of potential concern in occupational health. Here, we measured workers exposure levels while ceramic honeycombs were dip coated with liquid photoactive nanoparticle suspension and dried with an air blade. The measured nTiO2 concentration levels were used to assess process specific...article 2018
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van den Heuvel, S. (author), Bakhuys Roozeboom, M.M.C. (author), Eekhout, I. (author), Venema, A. (author)This report examines barriers to and drivers of workplace psychosocial risk management, and how this is influenced by different national and organisational contexts. The exposure of workers to psychosocial risks is increasing. However, the level of risk and the effectiveness of management vary across sectors and countries. Based on the findings...report 2018
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Swuste, P. (author), Groeneweg, J. (author), van Gulijk, C. (author), Zwaard, W. (author), Lemkowitz, S. (author)Objective: Which general management and safety models and theories trends influenced safety management in the period between Three Mile Island in 1979 and Piper Alpha in 1988? In which context did these developments took place and how did this influence Dutch safety domain? Method: The literature study was limited to original English and Dutch...article 2018
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van Kampen, J. (author), van der Beek, D. (author), Steijn, W. (author), Groeneweg, J. (author), Guldenmund, F. (author)Background. Organisations spend a considerable amount of time and effort on diagnosing and analysing risks within their organisation. In the area of occupational and process safety, a myriad of employee survey instruments is available. Many studies show that operational processes play an important role in an organisations overall safety. Yet, so...article 2017
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Irastorza, X. (author), Houtman, I.L.D. (author), Eekhout, I. (author), Venema, A. (author), Bakhuys Roozeboom, M.M.C. (author), van Buuren, S. (author)Om de meer dan 217 miljoen werkenden in de Europese Unie (EU) beter te beschermen tegen werkgerelateerde ongevallen en ziekten heeft de Europese Commissie in 2014 het strategisch EU-kader voor gezondheid en veiligheid op het werk 2014-2020 (1) aangenomen. Daarin stelt zij belangrijke uitdagingen en strategische doelstellingen vast in de context...report 2017
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Irastorza, X. (author), Houtman, I.L.D. (author), Eekhout, I. (author), Venema, A. (author), Bakhuys Roozeboom, M.M.C. (author), van Buuren, S. (author)In order to better protect the more than 217 million workers in the European Union (EU) from work-related accidents and diseases, in 2014 the European Commission adopted the Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020 (1), which identifies key challenges and strategic objectives for health and safety at work. The Strategic...report 2017
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Swuste, P. (author), van Gulijk, C. (author), Zwaard, W. (author), Lemkowitz, S. (author), Oostendorp, Y. (author), Groeneweg, J. (author)Objective: What influence has research conducted by general management schools and safety research had upon the causes of accidents and disasters in relation to the managing of safety between 1970 and 1979? Method: The study was confined to original articles and documents, written in English or Dutch from the period under consideration. For the...article 2016
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Koivisto, A.J. (author), Aromaa, M. (author), Koponen, I.K. (author), Fransman, W. (author), Jensen, K.A. (author), Mäkelä, J.M. (author), Hämeri, K.J. (author)Nanoparticle (particles with diameter ≤100 nm) exposure is recognized as a potentially harmful size fraction for pulmonary particle exposure. During nanoparticle synthesis, the number concentrations in the process room may exceed 10 × 106 cm−3. During such conditions, it is essential that the occupants in the room wear highly reliable high...article 2015
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Remoundou, K. (author), Brennan, M. (author), Sacchettini, G. (author), Panzone, L. (author), Butler-Ellis, M.C. (author), Capri, E. (author), Charistou, A. (author), Chaideftou, E. (author), Gerritsen-Ebben, M.G. (author), Machera, K. (author), Spanoghe, P. (author), Glass, R. (author), Marchis, A. (author), Doanngoc, K. (author), Hart, A. (author), Frewer, L.J. (author)The EU Directive on the sustainable use of pesticides (EU128/2009/EC) requires European Member States to develop training activities targeting occupational exposure to pesticides, and communication material aimed at residents and bystanders. Risk perceptions, knowledge and attitudes associated with passive and occupational exposure to pesticide...article 2015
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Venema, A. (author)The ‘Risico- Inventarisatie- en Evaluatie-instrumenten’ is the name for the Dutch risk assessment (RA) tools. A RA tool can be used to perform a risk assessment including an evaluation of the identified risks. These tools were among the first online risk assessment tools developed in Europe. The Dutch RA tools and the web application system to...other 2015
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Zwetsloot, G.I.J.M. (author), Drupsteen, L. (author)For a series of activities, there are in the Netherlands specific requirements for mandatory occupational safety and health (OSH) certification of people, products or services. To reduce problems with the present arrangements - for the involved ministry as well as for the stakeholders - exploratory research was carried out to clarify the added...bookPart 2015
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Drupsteen, L. (author), Wybo, J.L. (author)Most organisations aim to use experience from the past to improve safety, for instance through learning from safety-related incidents and accidents. Whether an organisation is able to learn successfully can however only be determined afterwards. So far, there are no proactive measures to assess whether an organisation will be able to learn from...article 2015
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Zwetsloot, G.I.J.M. (author)Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are widely acknowledged as the backbone of the European economy. According to EUROSTAT statistics [1], [2], 29.6% of the EU employees work in micro enterprises (<10 employees), while 20.6 % are employed in small firms (<50 employees). Indeed, half of the European workforce is working in small and micro...other 2014
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Gallis, R. (author), Zwetsloot, G.I.J.M. (author)High Reliability Organizations (HRO’s) are organizations that constantly face serious and complex (safety) risks yet succeed in realising an excellent safety performance. In such situations acceptable levels of safety cannot be achieved by traditional safety management only. HRO’s manage safety risks in a specific way, supported by an associated...other 2014