英文摘要 |
Characteristics of the working environment of research institutes such as the use of a large variety of chemicals in small quantities and frequently changing laboratory procedures, impose unknown risks for employees and the environment. The integration of environmental, safety, and health management is the latest trend worldwide with the aims of improving performance and efficiency. The keys to the success of management systems integration are working-environment characterization, hazard identification, and risk assessment. Thus, selection of the appropriate assessment techniques is critical. This paper combines Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Risk Factor Evaluation (RFE) with on-line applications to facilitate environmental, safety, and health risk assessment at research institutes so as to achieve the ultimate goal of system integration. Comprehensive risk analyses of the environmental, safety, and health hazards of research institutes are conducted with the techniques developed in this study. The necessary software tools can be accessed easily through the Internet. The tools developed here can also be used by small and medium-sized enterprises for hazard identification and risk assessment. |