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Risk Criteria in Occupational Environments: Critical Overview and Discussion

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 109; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.455

1877-0428

Manuel Ângelo Rodrigues, Pedro Arezes, Celina P. Leão,

Risk Perception and Management

The current work can be seen as a starting point for the discussion of the problematic on risk acceptance criteria in occupational environments. Some obstacles to the quantitative acceptance criteria formulation and use were analyzed. A look to the long tradition of major hazards accidents was also performed. This work shows that organizations can have several difficulties in acceptance criteria formulation and that the use of pre-defined acceptance criteria in risk assessment methodologies can be inadequate in some cases. It is urgent to define guidelines that can help organizations in the formulation of risk acceptance criteria for occupational environments.