I. Metra, J. Sulojeva, Vladimirs Jemeļjanovs, Jānis Bartušauskis
The aims of the study are to identify common problems of chemical accident liquidation and to find solutions to them. During research, the authors have analyzed information on the most characteristic chemical accidents in ports of Latvia. The authors of the paper have also examined issues related to typical chemical emergency liquidation and considered the causes and solutions of problems, which resulted in the summarizing of important information on major ports of Latvia, including characteristics of activities. The authors have put forward proposals on the ways of overcoming the above-mentioned problems and designed a practical training course plan for chemical accident liquidation.
{"title":"The Problems of Remediation of Chemical Disasters and Their Solutions in Latvian Ports","authors":"I. Metra, J. Sulojeva, Vladimirs Jemeļjanovs, Jānis Bartušauskis","doi":"10.7250/STE.2014.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/STE.2014.004","url":null,"abstract":"The aims of the study are to identify common problems of chemical accident liquidation and to find solutions to them. During research, the authors have analyzed information on the most characteristic chemical accidents in ports of Latvia. The authors of the paper have also examined issues related to typical chemical emergency liquidation and considered the causes and solutions of problems, which resulted in the summarizing of important information on major ports of Latvia, including characteristics of activities. The authors have put forward proposals on the ways of overcoming the above-mentioned problems and designed a practical training course plan for chemical accident liquidation.","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125552523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A key feature of a company’s safety culture is shared perceptions between managers and employees concerning the importance of safety. The purpose of the study was to assess senior managers’ perceptions of the current safety culture in Estonian SMEs from different branches of industry, based on a sample of 463 senior managers. The relationships of different aspects of safety culture and safety management systems, senior managers’ and employees’ perceptions and attitudes to safety were explored through the deployment of different research measures and methods. In addition, a qualitative approach to assessing safety culture is presented. Studies of eight SMEs included observation, analysis of documentation and semistructured interviews with senior managers and focus group interviews with employees. This paper reports on the empirical examination of the relationship between a safety climate and a safety culture through a knowledge management dimension with a special focus on management of safety knowledge. The results of this study indicate that safety climate has impact on the three dimensions of safety culture, namely, psychological, behavioral and organizational aspects of safety culture. Several specific features of safety and knowledge management, such as management commitment to safety, safety information dissemination, communication and workers’ involvement in safety were found to influence the relationship between a safety climate and a safety culture. It is concluded that the development of ‘communities of practice’ is an effective way for employees to exchange explicit and tacit safety knowledge.
{"title":"Managers’ Perceptions of Organizational Safety: Implication for the Development of Safety Culture","authors":"M. Järvis, Anu Virovere, P. Tint","doi":"10.7250/STE.2014.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/STE.2014.002","url":null,"abstract":"A key feature of a company’s safety culture is shared perceptions between managers and employees concerning the importance of safety. The purpose of the study was to assess senior managers’ perceptions of the current safety culture in Estonian SMEs from different branches of industry, based on a sample of 463 senior managers. The relationships of different aspects of safety culture and safety management systems, senior managers’ and employees’ perceptions and attitudes to safety were explored through the deployment of different research measures and methods. In addition, a qualitative approach to assessing safety culture is presented. Studies of eight SMEs included observation, analysis of documentation and semistructured interviews with senior managers and focus group interviews with employees. This paper reports on the empirical examination of the relationship between a safety climate and a safety culture through a knowledge management dimension with a special focus on management of safety knowledge. The results of this study indicate that safety climate has impact on the three dimensions of safety culture, namely, psychological, behavioral and organizational aspects of safety culture. Several specific features of safety and knowledge management, such as management commitment to safety, safety information dissemination, communication and workers’ involvement in safety were found to influence the relationship between a safety climate and a safety culture. It is concluded that the development of ‘communities of practice’ is an effective way for employees to exchange explicit and tacit safety knowledge.","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117150009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gundega Stradina, J. Ieviņš, Z. Roja, V. Kaļķis, H. Kalkis
The aim of the study was to analyze the ergonomic risks in the printing company and to study the impact of ergonomics risks on employees’ wellbeing. The study involved 67 company workers aged 18 to 67 years. In the study, physical load evaluation methods and questionnaire on welfare and psychoemotional risks at work, adopted by Swedish Environmental Research Institute, were used. It was proved that production workers were subjected to increased physical workload. At work they are exposed to physical pressure on hands, shoulders and back. The workload is more affected by the increase in work tension due to limited time of order execution. It was concluded that ergonomic risks partly affect employees’ wellbeing; however, uncertainty about the organization’s long-term plans and lack of understanding of employees’ contribution to performance of the organization are the most important reasons that affect the employees’ wellbeing.
{"title":"Ergonomic Risks in the Printing Company and Workers’ Wellbeing","authors":"Gundega Stradina, J. Ieviņš, Z. Roja, V. Kaļķis, H. Kalkis","doi":"10.7250/STE.2014.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/STE.2014.005","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the study was to analyze the ergonomic risks in the printing company and to study the impact of ergonomics risks on employees’ wellbeing. The study involved 67 company workers aged 18 to 67 years. In the study, physical load evaluation methods and questionnaire on welfare and psychoemotional risks at work, adopted by Swedish Environmental Research Institute, were used. It was proved that production workers were subjected to increased physical workload. At work they are exposed to physical pressure on hands, shoulders and back. The workload is more affected by the increase in work tension due to limited time of order execution. It was concluded that ergonomic risks partly affect employees’ wellbeing; however, uncertainty about the organization’s long-term plans and lack of understanding of employees’ contribution to performance of the organization are the most important reasons that affect the employees’ wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125469550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The emergence of new technologies and increased use of wireless voice and data transmissions has increased the human exposure to the radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Effective red ...
新技术的出现以及无线语音和数据传输的增加使用增加了人类对射频电磁场的暴露。有效的红色…
{"title":"The Shielding of Inbound Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields at Workplaces","authors":"T. Koppel, M. Ahonen","doi":"10.7250/STE.2014.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/STE.2014.003","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of new technologies and increased use of wireless voice and data transmissions has increased the human exposure to the radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Effective red ...","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123442398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The morphological environment, which models the human brain, is encouraged to be used by creating a mobile rescue robot. The use of such media will manage and organize large amounts of knowledge required for the design of new cars. Morphological environment should be of a certain structure, and to create new designs of machines it is reasonable to apply a special algorithm for the synthesis and improvement of existing machines and mechanisms using global and local performance criteria. An example of improving the design of mobile robot caterpillar engine is given in the paper.
{"title":"Design of Rescue Robots with a Morphological Environment","authors":"R. Zinko","doi":"10.7250/STE.2014.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/STE.2014.007","url":null,"abstract":"The morphological environment, which models the human brain, is encouraged to be used by creating a mobile rescue robot. The use of such media will manage and organize large amounts of knowledge required for the design of new cars. Morphological environment should be of a certain structure, and to create new designs of machines it is reasonable to apply a special algorithm for the synthesis and improvement of existing machines and mechanisms using global and local performance criteria. An example of improving the design of mobile robot caterpillar engine is given in the paper.","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125623350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The current study proposes a model for a positive safety culture with a knowledge management dimension and tests this on a sample of 1757 employees from Estonian SMEs in different branches of industry, using the factor analysis. Despite conceptual and empirical justification, researchers have not consistently included concepts of knowledge management in safety culture studies. This paper explores the possibility of using Knowledge Management in the Occupational Health and Safety Management System. The paper reports on an empirical examination of the relationship between safety climate and safety culture through a knowledge management dimension with a special focus on the management of safety knowledge. The results of this study indicate that a safety climate has impact on the three dimensions of safety culture, namely psychological, behavioral and organizational aspects of safety culture. This paper supplements Cooper’s Reciprocal Model of Safety Culture with Knowledge Management System Dimensions. Several specific features of knowledge management, such as communication, personal competence and responsibility, were found to influence the relationship between a safety climate and a safety culture. Thus, an effective assessment tool for the evaluation of knowledge management dimensions of safety culture could be proposed based on the results of this study.
{"title":"Knowledge Management – a Neglected Dimension in Discourse on Safety Management and Safety Culture – Evidence from Estonia","authors":"M. Järvis, Anu Virovere, P. Tint","doi":"10.7250/STE.2014.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/STE.2014.001","url":null,"abstract":"The current study proposes a model for a positive safety culture with a knowledge management dimension and tests this on a sample of 1757 employees from Estonian SMEs in different branches of industry, using the factor analysis. Despite conceptual and empirical justification, researchers have not consistently included concepts of knowledge management in safety culture studies. This paper explores the possibility of using Knowledge Management in the Occupational Health and Safety Management System. The paper reports on an empirical examination of the relationship between safety climate and safety culture through a knowledge management dimension with a special focus on the management of safety knowledge. The results of this study indicate that a safety climate has impact on the three dimensions of safety culture, namely psychological, behavioral and organizational aspects of safety culture. This paper supplements Cooper’s Reciprocal Model of Safety Culture with Knowledge Management System Dimensions. Several specific features of knowledge management, such as communication, personal competence and responsibility, were found to influence the relationship between a safety climate and a safety culture. Thus, an effective assessment tool for the evaluation of knowledge management dimensions of safety culture could be proposed based on the results of this study.","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130795711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Pullano, M. G. Bianco, C. D. Critello, F. Laganá, D. Menniti, F. Ruberto, R. Tiriolo, A. Fiorillo
This research has been carried out in the context of a national organization project (PON04a2_F), promoted by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research under the tutelage of the European Community. It is part of a more complex “Smart Cities” project, and it is devoted to the realization of an alternative system for green energy production. It includes an electrical power supply generated from the anaerobic digestion of biomass and the storage of electrical energy in a superconducting magnetic energy storage device in order to overcome energy blackout and meet the energy needs of the network when the demand rises in closed-cycle production systems.
{"title":"Biomass Plant and Sensors Network for Process Monitoring and Energy Storage in a Superconducting Magnetic Device","authors":"S. Pullano, M. G. Bianco, C. D. Critello, F. Laganá, D. Menniti, F. Ruberto, R. Tiriolo, A. Fiorillo","doi":"10.7250/STE.2014.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/STE.2014.012","url":null,"abstract":"This research has been carried out in the context of a national organization project (PON04a2_F), promoted by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research under the tutelage of the European Community. It is part of a more complex “Smart Cities” project, and it is devoted to the realization of an alternative system for green energy production. It includes an electrical power supply generated from the anaerobic digestion of biomass and the storage of electrical energy in a superconducting magnetic energy storage device in order to overcome energy blackout and meet the energy needs of the network when the demand rises in closed-cycle production systems.","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127626253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Negative environmental factors (chemical, physical, biological) may cause significant negative influence both over environment and the health of the population. Maximal number of sources of negative impact is located in industrial regions. Factors and existing methods of the estimation of ecological risks of urban territories are discussed. The main steps of estimation of ecological risks of urban territories are described. New approaches to estimation of ecological risks of urban territories are suggested. Program provision has been developed for the estimation of ecological risks allowing to forecast the level of pollutions of the environment of urban territories. The results of approbation of the new method and program provision of estimation of ecological risks on the example of the territory of Samara region of Russia have been described.
{"title":"Method and Approaches to the Estimation of Ecological Risks of Urban Territories","authors":"A. Vasilyev","doi":"10.7250/STE.2014.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/STE.2014.014","url":null,"abstract":"Negative environmental factors (chemical, physical, biological) may cause significant negative influence both over environment and the health of the population. Maximal number of sources of negative impact is located in industrial regions. Factors and existing methods of the estimation of ecological risks of urban territories are discussed. The main steps of estimation of ecological risks of urban territories are described. New approaches to estimation of ecological risks of urban territories are suggested. Program provision has been developed for the estimation of ecological risks allowing to forecast the level of pollutions of the environment of urban territories. The results of approbation of the new method and program provision of estimation of ecological risks on the example of the territory of Samara region of Russia have been described.","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125227280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The aim of the research is to define export potential, future perspectives and restrictive factors of the sector. Methods used: monographic approach, document analysis, survey, interviews. The author concludes that the sector has overcome the crisis well. In 2010, the sector turnover was 7.2% from the total turnover of the manufacturing industry, which acknowledges the important role of the sector. The sector has an average export potential. The author considers that for more successful development of the sector, it should be included in the priority segment list of the Ministry of Economy - „Manufacturing industries with a considerable investment in increase of added value and export, and with a high growth and export potential in the future”.
{"title":"National Economy Sectors of Latvia: Difficulties in Printing and Publishing Industry, Paper and Paper Products Manufacturing and Computer Design Industry. Medium-Term Prospects","authors":"Inga Šīna","doi":"10.7250/115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/115","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the research is to define export potential, future perspectives and restrictive factors of the sector. Methods used: monographic approach, document analysis, survey, interviews. The author concludes that the sector has overcome the crisis well. In 2010, the sector turnover was 7.2% from the total turnover of the manufacturing industry, which acknowledges the important role of the sector. The sector has an average export potential. The author considers that for more successful development of the sector, it should be included in the priority segment list of the Ministry of Economy - „Manufacturing industries with a considerable investment in increase of added value and export, and with a high growth and export potential in the future”.","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130928640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Waste negative impact on the environment and man is becoming one of the most important problems in all industrial countries. Waste amount grows every year. Waste may cause a complex negative impact on the landscapes of territories, biosphere and human health. Therefore, the task of development of efficient waste management system is so important. Examples of waste negative impact are considered in the present paper. Methods and approaches of reduction of waste negative influence are analysed. Suggestions for improving the existing waste management system of Russia are made. Results of approbation of the proposed waste management system in Samara region of Russia are considered.
{"title":"System of Waste Management and Its Implementation in Samara Region of Russia","authors":"A. Vasilyev, D. E. Bykov","doi":"10.1515/ste-2015-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ste-2015-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Waste negative impact on the environment and man is becoming one of the most important problems in all industrial countries. Waste amount grows every year. Waste may cause a complex negative impact on the landscapes of territories, biosphere and human health. Therefore, the task of development of efficient waste management system is so important. Examples of waste negative impact are considered in the present paper. Methods and approaches of reduction of waste negative influence are analysed. Suggestions for improving the existing waste management system of Russia are made. Results of approbation of the proposed waste management system in Samara region of Russia are considered.","PeriodicalId":339138,"journal":{"name":"Safety of Technogenic Environment","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127354926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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