Process approach-based methodology for safe maintenance operation From concepts to SPRIMI software prototype》.pdf

Safety Science 70 (2014) 99–113 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Safety Science journal homepage: www.el /locate/ssci Process approach-based methodology for safe maintenance operation: From concepts to SPRIMI software prototype Jean-Christophe Blaise a,⇑, Eric Levrat b, Benoit Iung b a French National Institute for Research and Safety (INRS), 1 rue du Morvan, CS 60027, 54519 Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy Cedex, France b Lorraine University, CRAN, CNRS UMR7039, Campus Sciences, BP 70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre, France a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Maintenance can be considered today as the main enabling system to sustain a target physical item – a Received 19 December 2013 workplace, a work equipment or means of transport – in a state in which it can perform the required Received in revised form 28 April 2014 function. In that way, whatever the sector is, workers carrying out maintenance activities are exposed Accepted 15 May 2014 to various hazards (e.g. chemical, physical, biological or psychosocial) that may be at risk of developing Available online 7 June 2014 musculoskeletal disorders, diseases, etc. and occupational accidents (e.g. falls through or off something). Indeed maintenance can affect the health and safety not only of the workers directly involved in it, but of Keywords: other people present in the workplace. To face this maintenance ris