BE1025068B1 - METHOD FOR PREVENTING WORK ACCIDENTS - Google Patents

Abstract

Method for preventing accidents at work, using LMRA (Last Minute Risk Analysis) in which a first inspection of a work site or site is carried out by a first inspector, in which he enters the found risk factors with his personal means of communication, and in which an automatic number of parameters, measured by his personal communication means, are also stored in a secure LMRA database, the data of which can no longer be changed, and which can be used in subsequent inspection rounds to know risks, and from which questions can also be put to employing staff with the aim of improving safety at the workplace or on site.

Description

(30) Priority data:

(73) Holder (s):

TECHNICAL HANDS ON MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION, abbreviated T.H.O.M. private company with limited liability

2230, HERSELT

Belgium (72) Inventor (s):

MOMMENS Bart

1930 ZAVENTEM

Belgium

VAN DEN BROECK John Louisa J. 2230 HERSELT

Belgium (54) METHOD FOR PREVENTING WORK ACCIDENTS (57) Work accident prevention method using LMRA (Last Minute Risk Analysis) where a first inspection visit to a work site or site is carried out by a first inspector enter the identified risk factors with his personal communication means, and in which a number of parameters, measured by his personal communication means, are automatically stored in a secure LMRA database, of which the data can no longer be changed, and which can be used in subsequent inspection rounds to to know the risks, and from which questions can also be asked to ask employees with the aim of improving safety at the work location or site.

BELGIAN INVENTION PATENT

FPS Economy, K.M.O., Self-employed & Energy

Publication number: 1025068

Filing number: BE2017 / 5176

Intellectual Property Office

International classification: G06Q 10/06

Date of grant: 24/10/2018

The Minister of Economy,

Having regard to the Paris Convention of 20 March 1883 for the Protection of Industrial Property;

Having regard to the Law of March 28, 1984 on inventive patents, Article 22, for patent applications filed before September 22, 2014;

Having regard to Title 1 Invention Patents of Book XI of the Economic Law Code, Article XI.24, for patent applications filed from September 22, 2014;

Having regard to the Royal Decree of 2 December 1986 on the filing, granting and maintenance of inventive patents, Article 28;

Having regard to the application for an invention patent received by the Intellectual Property Office on 21/03/2017.

Whereas for patent applications that fall within the scope of Title 1, Book XI, of the Code of Economic Law (hereinafter WER), in accordance with Article XI.19, § 4, second paragraph, of the WER, the granted patent will be limited. to the patent claims for which the novelty search report was prepared, when the patent application is the subject of a novelty search report indicating a lack of unity of invention as referred to in paragraph 1, and when the applicant does not limit his filing and does not file a divisional application in accordance with the search report.

Decision:

Article 1

TECHNICAL HANDS ON MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION, abbreviated T.H.O.M. private limited liability company, Weiblok 7, 2230 HERSELT Belgium;

represented by

VAN VARENBERG Patrick, Arenbergstraat 13, 2000, ANTWERP;

a Belgian invention patent with a term of 20 years, subject to payment of the annual taxes as referred to in Article XI.48, § 1 of the Code of Economic Law, for: PROCEDURE FOR PREVENTING ACCIDENTS AT WORK.

INVENTOR (S):

MOMMENS Bart, Fabrieksstraat 26 bus 2, 1930, ZAVENTEM;

VAN DEN BROECK John Louisa J., Weiblok 7, 2230, HERSELT;

PRIORITY :

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Article 2. - This patent is granted without prior investigation into the patentability of the invention, without warranty of the merit of the invention, nor of the accuracy of its description and at the risk of the applicant (s).

Brussels, 24/10/2018,

With special authorization:

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Working method for the prevention of industrial accidents.

The present invention relates to a method of preventing occupational accidents.

More specifically, the invention is intended to prevent accidents at work and unsafe work situations by structurally assessing safety risks and independently validating and registering safety behavior.

It is known that in more than half of the accidents in which people are seriously injured or die, the person involved has been working in the position concerned for more than 15 years. The data subject was once warned about certain risks, but in practice these are so rare that awareness of them decreases. If one works in a known situation, habituation soon occurs and, as it were, one works on automatic pilot.

To remedy this, the LMRA (Last Minute

Risk Analysis) system developed. The system offers a number of points or questions that must be completed before starting a certain task. Such questions are matched in advance to the tasks of the organization involved.

The questions help the person concerned through the risks that have been heard or experienced a simple question: Does the workplace remind him of, for example, the well-organized? The

BE2017 / 5176 questions help to restore the person's memories that have fallen into memory, such as a fall caused by tools that have not been cleared away.

Having a habit of thinking about a few safety aspects before starting a task can be very important. Pilots already do the same by going through a checklist of points of interest before taking off with their aircraft.

It will come as no surprise that companies often use LMRA cards that employees carry with them. The first times an employee uses them, the points on this card are gone through one by one. Next, the employee is supposed to go through the steps in his daily work routinely.

For each task there is an LMRA card with a number of questions, applicable to the task.

How is an LMRA risk analysis performed? This is done in three steps, viz.

1) Assessing the risks.

Despite all precautions, what risks are still present when performing the work? The employee should ask himself what may happen to him while performing the task. What is its potential effect and what is the likelihood that this effect will occur?

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2) Determining the necessary measures.

Which measures should be taken to remove the risks that are still present or to make them acceptable to work safely?

3) Implementing the measures.

Actually implement the measures found.

Nowadays, LMRA apps are available for a smartphone. The questions asked can then be ticked on the screen of the smartphone, as is usual with a checklist. If the smartphone is not suitable for the working environment, the device can be placed in a protective cover with a window.

A disadvantage of these known LMRA systems is that there is no interaction if the

security requirements and there none continued learning process maintained for what regarding the knowledge of the security risks of the concerned task. It is for example not evident for a comment That

is relevant to the safety risks of the task in question or to be forwarded to a person responsible for actively monitoring the entire spectrum of safe behavior.

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Even less evident is the storage of the geographic location in a work environment where the safety risk arises.

https://blog.safetychanger.com/safety-changer-launchesinspeet ions-to-make-inspections-bettercll4d05bf984 # .ySneawtru describes an application with means to record, report and track incidents and respond and inspections to feed.

The application allows a user to set up inspection templates and use them in the field using a smartphone or tablet or other computer interface.

https: // www .andsafety.com / en / 2 016/02/03 / safety behavior change checklist / describes mobile apps to provide and record information in the workplace, including checklist apps to analyze workplace risks (LMRA ), go through procedures, perform workplace inspections at the workplace itself and store the data in the cloud.

A disadvantage of these LMRA systems is that they depend on the input that the user provides and that this input is not always objective. This poses a particular risk in the event of accidents or incidents, the objective data of which are not verifiable or have not been independently validated and are sometimes still falsified a posteriori.

The present invention aims to overcome the aforementioned and other drawbacks in that they

BE2017 / 5176 provides a method for preventing accidents at work based on an automatic registration and validation of risk data.

To this end, the invention relates to a method for preventing occupational accidents, which makes use of a general method in which in a first step:

- a first inspection round at a work location or site is carried out by a first inspector, in which he enters the risk factors found with his personal means of communication and in which a number of parameters, measured by his personal means of communication, are automatically saved.

For example, the measured parameters can be data such as the geolocation and the height above ground level, the speed of displacement, the radiation received, for example UV

radiation, the temperature, the noise level, or Others 20 measurements through sensors that are associated with the prompted risk factors, after which in a second step after a approval:

the means of communication transfers the risk factors and measured parameters to a secure proactive LMRA database after validation of the time and the location of the measured parameters, after which in a third step after a release for the proactive LMRA system by a justifiable:

BE2017 / 5176 the risk factors and the measured parameters in a document set are sent to a library in a secure proactive LMRA database, from which in a third step:

the document set is used as the basis for a kick-off meeting at the start of the planned works, to explain the locally registered and validated observations of risk factors and measurements, and in a next fourth step:

the document set is used by a security coordinator who assists the project coordinator throughout the project.

When carrying out the entire project, this general methodology can be repeated for any part of the project to be carried out, in a first step:

- each time a new inspection round takes place by a next inspector, whereby the next inspector is offered the same risk factors that were already located in the first round, and always remains online synchronized with the proactive LMRA database, whereby the database contains the already known risk factors for the current location of the second inspector, and adjusts the random part of the questions that will be asked to the second inspector according to the risk, and in a second step:

BE2017 / 5176 basic questions are asked to the second inspector, but also a number of randomly chosen safety questions adapted to the situation, after which in a third step:

- the given answers of the second inspector validated with time and location are placed on the proactive LMRA safety database, together with the new comments of the second inspector, after which in a fourth step:

- the registered and validated data in the database can no longer be changed by the users.

The correct execution of the inspection round can always be carried out on the basis of the measurements and forwarded to the database, and on the basis of the inspector has given that on this first or next one can be verified on the data that automatically answers proactive LMRA answers that ask a following question. .

This verification can become very important in the event of a serious occupational accident, and the causative factors and responsibilities must be identified.

Falsification of the data, such as execution at a specific time and location, is then excluded, as it remains in a secure database. Protected here means that the data cannot be changed by anyone, once it has been saved, and can only be read.

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For example, during a first inspection tour on a new site where earthworks will be carried out, the locations of existing utilities such as pipes for water, electricity or gas, which are present in the site, and which are not damaged by the earthworks, can already be included. may be.

If an accident does occur, the recorded warnings for risk factors at certain locations can be demonstrated a posteriori in the recorded measurements and data in the proactive LMRA database.

One of the most common occupational accidents involves carrying out aerial work without wearing a mandatory safety harness. According to the method of the invention, the user will be reminded, when moving to a higher workplace, of the compulsory wearing of a safety harness by his personal means of communication that measures this movement. Whether or not this obligation is met can be verified a posteriori.

Not only can unsafe behavior in the workplace be detected, but it can also be influenced by giving warnings in good time, and later by following unsafe behavior on the offending user, with the aim of transforming unsafe behavior into safe behavior. .

The answers and comments from the employee are logged on the secure database, i.e. provided with a time determination and the identity and contact details of

BE2017 / 5176 the sender and is further automatically made available to a safety officer for an active monitoring of safety behavior.

This safety officer can, if necessary or desired, send a message to the employee's means of communication in the field, with the aim of guiding the employee to a higher degree of competence to ensure his safety.

The safety officer preferably has a means of communication for electronic access to the proactive LMRA database in the form of a terminal, smartphone, personal computer or tablet.

The proactive LMRA database can be used by a safety officer to make an analysis of the answers received for each performer, which can be used to set up maintenance meetings to adjust the recurring basic questions and the more localization-related questions. improve.

A safety officer can use the registered data for each employee who uses the safety system to check whether this employee complies with the safety regulations, thereby promoting safe behavior and discouraging unsafe behavior.

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All this can lead to the organization of learning moments at which safety policy can be continuously improved.

With the insight to better demonstrate the features of the invention, hereinafter, by way of example without any limitation, is a preferred method of preventing occupational accidents according to the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 schematically represents a flow chart for managing and maintaining a project according to the method of the invention;

figure 2 schematically represents a flow diagram for carrying out and maintaining a sub-project according to the method of the invention;

figure 3 schematically represents a flow chart for conducting a security policy according to the method of the invention;

Figure 4 schematically represents a flow chart of the key interactions in the method of the invention.

Figure 1 schematically shows a flow diagram 1 for managing and maintaining a project according to the method of the invention.

In a first phase (A) and prior to the start of the work, the data of a safety analysis are recorded by a first inspector during a first tour on site at the workplace or site. Each

BE2017 / 5176 security risk has a localization and related data such as detections by the personal communication tool of a first inspector.

In a next phase (B), an approval process is started, after which the data is transferred to a proactive LMRA database.

In a next phase (C), the data in the proactive LMRA database is released in a document set.

The data is used to generate proactive questionnaires 2 for an implementer.

In a next stage (D), the document set is sent to a library.

In a next phase (E), a kick-off meeting will be held at the start of the works, based on the locally validated observations.

In a next phase (F), the document set is no longer changed, but is only read as validation and proof that the risks were indeed evaluated.

In a next phase (G), during the project implementation by a project manager, the LMRA observations by a safety coordinator are used to monitor safety.

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Figure 2 schematically shows a flow diagram 3 for carrying out and maintaining a project according to the method of the invention.

In a first phase (H) and prior to the start of the works, a standard LMRA is always performed by an inspector and synchronized online with the proactive database.

In a next phase (I), the location of the LMRA is compared with the safety risks at this location, and this by means of the location of the personal means of communication.

In a next phase (J), the questions in the proactive LMRA are adapted to the local safety risks.

In a next phase (K), a number of basic questions are asked and answered by the inspector, but also a number of random questions adapted to the local safety risks.

In a next phase (L), the answers given are validated according to time and place and placed on the proactive LMRA database.

At the same time as the answers given, in phase (M) the user's comments are stored on the secure proactive LMRA database.

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In a subsequent phase (N), the contents of the protected database can no longer be changed by users.

Figure 3 schematically shows a flow diagram 4 which represents the safety policy according to the invention.

In a first phase (O), the answers given will be analyzed per performer and per responsible person.

In a subsequent phase (P), maintenance meetings are held, which in a related phase (Q) lead to the adaptation of generally recurring questions and of the questions, adapted to the local safety risks.

Finally, in a next phase (R), learning moments are organized at which the safety policy can be confirmed and maintained.

Figure 4 schematically shows a flow diagram 5 of the key interactions in the method of preventing occupational accidents according to the invention.

In a first phase (S), the key interactions involve making a safety analysis and predictions by means of a personal communication tool, after which safety risks and measured parameters, including the location, are forwarded to a proactive LMRA database.

In a second phase (T), the key interactions involve the evaluation and adjustment of questions to the executor and

BE2017 / 5176 a control for adjusting the safety behavior of the contractor.

The key interactions in a third phase (U) include that the company's security policy is logged and validated in a proactive LMRA database that cannot be manipulated by users, and proves legally responsible business conduct.

It goes without saying that the number of variations on such a proactive LMRA database is almost unlimited and can be adapted to any specific working environment.

The present invention has been described by way of example and embodiment, but in no way limited to the method of prevention of accidents at work as shown in the figures can be realized according to various variants without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined in the following claims is becoming.

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Claims (5)

Conclusions. 1.- Method for the prevention of accidents at work, characterized in that it uses a general method in which in a first step: - a first inspection round at a work location or site is carried out by a first inspector, in which he enters the risk factors found with his personal means of communication, and in which a number of parameters, measured by his personal means of communication, are automatically saved. after which in a second step after approval: the means of communication transfers the risk factors and measured parameters to a secure proactive LMRA database after validation of the time and of the measured parameters including the location, after which in a third step after a release for the proactive LMRA system by justifying: the risk factors and the measured parameters in a document set are sent to a library in the secure proactive LMRA database, from which in a fourth step: the document set is used as the basis for a kick-off meeting at the start of the planned works, in order to check the locally registered and validated observations of BE2017 / 5176 to explain risk factors and measurements, and in a next fifth step: the document set is used by a security coordinator who assists the project coordinator throughout the project. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the measurements can include the geo-localization and the height above ground level, the speed of displacement, the radiation received, the temperature, the noise level, and the proximity of risk factors. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that during the execution of the entire project, this general method can be repeated for each part of the project to be carried out, wherein in a first step: - each time a new inspection round takes place by a next inspector, whereby the next inspector is offered the same risk factors that were already located in the first round, and always remains online synchronized with the proactive LMRA database, whereby the database contains the already known risk factors for the current location of the second inspector, and adjusts the random part of the questions that will be asked to the second inspector according to the risk, and in a second step: BE2017 / 5176 basic questions are asked to the second inspector, but also a number of randomly chosen safety questions adapted to the situation, after which in a third step: the given answers from the second inspector validated with time and location are placed on the proactive LMRA safety database, together with the new comments of the second inspector, after which in a fourth step: - the registered and validated data is stored in the database and can no longer be changed by users. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the registered and validated data are further automatically made available to a safety officer for an active monitoring of the safety behavior, whereby he can send a message to the employee's means of communication on site. , with the aim of guiding the employee to a higher degree of competence to ensure his safety. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that the safety officer has a means of communication for electronic access to the proactive LMRA database in the form of a terminal, smartphone, personal computer or tablet. BE2017 / 5176 Method according to claim 5, characterized in that the proactive LMRA database is used by the safety officer to make an analysis of the answers received for each 5 performer, which can be used for the preparation of maintenance meetings to answer the recurring basic questions and adapt and improve the more localization-related questions. A method according to claim 5, characterized in that the safety officer checks whether the employee complies with the safety regulations on the basis of the recorded data for each employee who uses the safety system, and 15 this promotes safe behavior and discourages unsafe behavior by organizing learning moments at which safety policy is constantly improved. BE2017 / 5176 BE2017 / 5176 BE2017 / 5176 Working method for the prevention of industrial accidents. Method of prevention of accidents at work, which 5 uses LMRA (Last Minute Risk Analysis) whereby a first inspection round at a work location or a site is carried out by a first inspector, where he enters the risk factors found with his personal means of communication, and where 10 automatically a number of parameters, measured by his personal means of communication, be stored in a secure LMRA database, of which the data can no longer be changed, and which can be used in subsequent inspection tours to know risks, and from which questions can also be asked to ask employees with the aim to improve safety on the job site or on the construction site.