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This paper introduces a structured analysis of the leading causes of occupational accidents that occurred in the Italian manufacturing industry in the last decades. The aim of this research was to understand the human factors and the common causes of unsafe behaviors that may have determined the investigated accidents. The European Directive 2006/2/EC defines the essential health and safety requirements for the design of machinery for its intended purpose or for a purpose which can reasonably be foreseen. In this context, the present research supports the design of modern manufacturing systems, with the aim to investigate and understand workers’ reasonably foreseeable behaviors and to provide directions for prevention strategies.
The results show the leading causes of such events as, for example, the adoption of an improper procedure or worker misplacement. The findings of this research will help practitioners and researchers understand the human behaviors and the limits of the machinery, including the intended use and reasonably foreseeable misuses thereof.
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Botti, L., Melloni, R., Oliva, M. (2021). Analyzing the Dynamics of Work Accidents in Manufacturing to Understand “Reasonably Foreseeable Behaviors”. In: Trzcielinski, S., Mrugalska, B., Karwowski, W., Rossi, E., Di Nicolantonio, M. (eds) Advances in Manufacturing, Production Management and Process Control. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 274. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80462-6_45
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