Safety management for polluted confined space with IT system: a running case.
This study traced a deployed real IT system to enhance occupational safety for a polluted confined space. By incorporating wireless technology, it automatically monitors the status of workers on the site and upon detected anomalous events, managers are notified effectively. The system, with a redefined standard operations process, is running well at one of Formosa Petrochemical Corporation's refineries. Evidence shows that after deployment, the system does enhance the safety level by real-time monitoring the workers and by managing well and controlling the anomalies. Therefore, such technical architecture can be applied to similar scenarios for safety enhancement purposes.
a Chang Gung University , Taiwan.
Jing-Jang
JJ
Hwang
Chien-Hsing
CH
Wu
Zheng-Yun
ZY
Zhuang
Yi-Chang
YC
Hsu
D020378:Confined Spaces; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016272:Occupational Health; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D013624:Taiwan
IT system; confined space; occupational safety; polluted; wireless technology