Title: Selected principles of human safety in the workplace

Authors: Ralph L. Barnett, Peter Barroso Jr., Beth A. Hamilton, Gene D. Litwin

Addresses: Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA. ' Senior Mechanical Engineering, Triodyne Inc, Niles, Illinois, USA. ' Senior Mechanical Engineering, Triodyne Inc, Niles, Illinois, USA. ' Senior Mechanical Engineering, Triodyne Inc, Niles, Illinois, USA

Abstract: To further worker safety, we must first understand the many human influences on the workplace. Indeed we must also recognise the full effects of the very devices we add with intent of improving safety. To pertinent safety philosophies will be addressed herein. The Dependency Hypothesis considers that every safety system gives rise to a statistically significant patten of user dependence. To realize fully its implications, however, we must first consider the Intrinsic Classification of Safeguarding systems which places them into seven mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive categories.

Keywords: workplace safety; human safety; dependency hypothesis; intrinsic classification; safe guarding systems; safety principles; safety philosophy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.1989.036749

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 1989 Vol.4 No.2, pp.125 - 144

Published online: 06 Nov 2010 *

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