Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Safer operations and workplaces in fish farming Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Hans Vanhauwaert Bjelland Coordinator email hans.bjelland@sintef.no
Coordinator institution
SINTEF - SINTEF (Norway)
Institutions involved
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
SINTEF-SFH - SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture (Norway) ,
Start year 2016 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 833,300 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/254899?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=60&TemaEmne.2=Havbruks-%20og%20foredlingsteknologi&source=FORISS&projectId=245494 Summary This project will provide knowledge about the current situation regarding health, safety and work environment for production site workers in the Norwegian aquaculture industry, and how to reduce risks in marine operations by building safety barriers into procedures, systems and technology. The aim is to reduce the probability for and the consequences of operational and human errors.
The industry struggles to implement effective means to prevent escape of fish and occupational accidents. This project will provide knowledge on how sustainability, cost efficiency and predictability can be ensured by focusing on safe workplaces at the production sites, organizational issues and reduction of risks through design of new technology.
An interdisciplinary approach will be applied to achieve the goals of the project. The starting point of this project is to study the characteristics of the fish farmers' work environment, the workers' role in the value chain of cost-efficient production of high quality fish, and how organizational factors influence the safety performance at the fish farms. This will form the basis for the development of design principles to be used by manufacturers to build safety barriers into the products, and by fish farming companies in the process of testing and evaluating new equipment or work procedures.
The project will be carried out in collaboration between SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, SINTEF Technology and Society, Dept. for Health Research and NTNU Social Research, Studio Apertura. International experts will be invited as scientific advisors and master students are to be recruited to the project. An industry reference group is established to ensure industry relevance and communication with key users.
The primary objective of this project is to provide knowledge about the current situation regarding health, safety and work environment for production site workers in the Norwegian aquaculture industry, and how to reduce risks in marine operations by building safety barriers into procedures, systems and technology. The aim is to reduce the probability for and the consequences of operational and human errors.
The industry struggles to implement effective means to prevent escape of fish and occupational accidents. This project will provide knowledge on how sustainability, cost efficiency and predictability can be ensured by focusing on safe workplaces at the production sites, organizational issues and reduction of risks through design of new technology.
An interdisciplinary approach will be applied to achieve the goals of the project. The starting point of this project is to study the characteristics of the fish farmers' work environment, the workers' role in the value chain of cost-efficient production of high quality fish, and how organizational factors influence the safety performance at the fish farms. This will form the basis for the development of design principles to be used by manufacturers to build safety barriers into the products, and by fish farming companies in the process of testing and evaluating new equipment or work procedures. The theoretical perspectives are based on the understanding that technical, human and organizational factors should be seen as complementary safety indicators.
Keywords
Open sea aquaculture;
Human health;
Protocol;
Indicators;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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