Enhancing safety performance in UK metal manufacturing : a revised framework to reduce fatal accidents
Eggleston, Alexandra ; Sarfraz, Shoaib ; Salonitis, Konstantinos ; Gupta, Sumit ; Trollman, Hana and Jagtap, Sandeep LU
(2025)
In Safety
11(2).
- Abstract
- Fatal accidents in UK’s manufacturing sector are expected to remain the same or increase in coming years. This paper has tried to combat this issue by adapting and further developing a previously defined Safety Framework for the Paint Sector, to evaluate the safety performance of a metal manufacturing facility. To achieve this, the original Safety Framework was updated to align with the current British safety legislation outlined by the British Standards Institution. The framework was based on a three-level multi-attribute value theory (MAVT). Upon reviewing BSI 45001, the Safety Framework was founded upon the concept of Deming’s Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) which is the foundation for the original framework, therefore, the first-level... (More)
- Fatal accidents in UK’s manufacturing sector are expected to remain the same or increase in coming years. This paper has tried to combat this issue by adapting and further developing a previously defined Safety Framework for the Paint Sector, to evaluate the safety performance of a metal manufacturing facility. To achieve this, the original Safety Framework was updated to align with the current British safety legislation outlined by the British Standards Institution. The framework was based on a three-level multi-attribute value theory (MAVT). Upon reviewing BSI 45001, the Safety Framework was founded upon the concept of Deming’s Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) which is the foundation for the original framework, therefore, the first-level attributes remained consistent. The 13 attributes of the second level and 36 attributes of the third level were derived from the literature review and updated to relevant legislation. To develop the Safety Framework, the Delphi method was used. This included interviews that were conducted with employees and managers from either a Safety or Engineering background. The second part of the paper involved the improvement of the Safety Framework, based on the interview feedback. The main findings of the study revealed that the final Safety Framework has been deemed relevant for the Metal Manufacturing Sector by Industry Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP). The majority of Interviewees deemed the Safety Framework to have a clear layout and easy to understand. The interviews and final Safety Framework suggested the importance of a company’s emphasis on employee welfare and health, in order to reduce accidents in the workplace. The originality of this paper lies in its application and validation of a sector-specific safety framework, contributing to the body of knowledge by offering a replicable methodology for adapting safety frameworks to other manufacturing sectors. (Less)
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- author
- Eggleston, Alexandra
; Sarfraz, Shoaib
; Salonitis, Konstantinos
; Gupta, Sumit
; Trollman, Hana
and Jagtap, Sandeep
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025-06-18
- type
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- publication status
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- subject
- keywords
- Accident reduction, Delphi method, Safety evaluation, Manufacturing industry, Safety management system
- in
- Safety
- volume
- 11
- issue
- 2
- article number
- 59
- pages
- 25 pages
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- scopus:105008915822
- ISSN
- 2313-576X
- DOI
- 10.3390/safety11020059
- language
- English
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