Artificial bee colony optimization to reallocate personnel to tasks improving workplace safety

Worldwide, just under 5,800 people go to work every day and do not return because they die on the job. The groundbreaking Industry 4.0 paradigm includes innovative approaches to improve the safety in the workplace, but Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)—which represent 99% of the companies in the EU—are often unprepared to the high costs for safety. A cost-effective way to improve the level of safety in SMEs may be to just reassign employees to tasks, and assign hazardous tasks to the more cautious employees. This paper presents a multi-objective approach to reallocate the personnel of a company to the tasks in order to maximize the workplace safety, while minimizing the cost, and the time to learn the new tasks assigned. Pareto-optimal reallocations are first generated using the Non-dominated Sorting artificial Bee Colony (NSBC) algorithm, and the best one is then selected using the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The approach was tested in two SMEs with 11 and 25 employees, respectively

Impacto das tecnologias digitais da indústria 4.0 na área de saúde e segurança do trabalho: uma análise através da revisão sistemática da literatura

O novo paradigma da indústria 4.0 está revolucionando as organizações e tem impacto em diferentes setores. Olhando por este espectro, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo verificar qual o impacto das tecnologias da indústria 4.0 na área de saúde e segurança do trabalho. Para isso foi realizada uma revisão sistemática da literatura, buscando analisar quais as vantagens, desvantagens e desafios do uso das tecnologias da indústria 4.0 no contexto da saúde e segurança do trabalho. As bases de dados utilizadas foram Web os Science e Scopus e os documentos foram selecionados conforme critérios pré-definidos. Os resultados encontrados apontam que o cenário ainda é muito vago, há poucas pesquisas que abordam o tema tecnologias da indústria 4.0 na área de segurança do trabalho evidenciando uma lacuna de pesquisa e exploração científica

Aplicação da Inteligência Artificial na Segurança do Trabalho para a Prevenção de Acidentes: um estudo bibliométrico

Occupational accidents that happen in the world of work have attracted, over time, the concern of how to implement preventive measures to avoid them. This article aims to present a bibliometric research, identifying the main publications, authors, universities, countries and keywords that address the applications of artificial intelligence in work safety, with a focus on accident prevention. Data were collected from the Web of Science database, using the keywords (“artificial intelligence”) AND (workplace OR “occupation health and safety” OR "accident prevention"). Data interpretation was carried out through performance analysis, based on WoS reports; and scientific mapping, using the VOSviewer software. 272 articles were found that were analyzed and composed the research. It was evident that the subject of artificial intelligence applied to work safety is still little explored, however, from 2020 onwards, there was a significant increase in scientific publications.Os acidentes do trabalho que acontecem no mundo laboral têm atraído, ao longo do tempo, a preocupação de como implementar medidas preventivas para evitá-los. Este artigo teve como objetivo apresentar uma pesquisa bibliométrica, identificando as principais publicações, autores, universidades, países e palavras-chave que abordam as aplicações de inteligência artificial na segurança do trabalho, com foco na prevenção de acidentes. Os dados foram coletados na base de dados Web of Science, utilizando-se as palavras-chave (“artificial intelligence”) AND (workplace OR “occupation health and safety” OR "accident prevention"). A interpretação dos dados foi realizada por meio de análise de performance, a partir dos relatórios da WoS; e mapeamento científico utilizando o software VOSviewer. Foram encontrados 272 artigos que depois de analisados compuseram a pesquisa. Ficou evidenciado que o tema inteligência artificial aplicado à segurança do trabalho ainda é pouco explorado, porém, a partir de 2020, houve um aumento expressivo de publicações científicas

MensSana: Design of a mental well-being self-report interface for shop floor workers

A ascensão da Indústria 4.0 trouxe consigo novas tecnologias e oportunidades que estão a mudar a natureza do trabalho, especialmente em ambientes de chão de fábrica. No entanto, essas mudanças também trouxeram novos desafios para os trabalhadores, incluindo desafios na sua saúde mental. Estes trabalhadores, em particular, enfrentam no seu trabalho estressores físicos e mentais que podem afetar seu bem-estar geral, apesar dos esforços da Indústria 4.0. O conceito de Operador 4.0 na Indústria 4.0 introduz muitos operadores, como o Operador Saudável, que enfatiza a centralidade no ser humano e visa melhorar a eficiência e o bem-estar do trabalhador por meio de tecnologias avançadas e análise de dados. Esta tese propõe o desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta protótipo, co-criada e validada no contexto da Indústria 4.0 para medir métricas do trabalhador e do local de trabalho, criando uma imagem holística do trabalhador, sua competência e bem-estar, alinhado ao conceito de um trabalhador "mais saudável" de Romero et al. Essas informações são devolvidas ao trabalhador e apresentadas de maneira legível e compreensível para identificar tendências e informar decisões futuras relacionadas ao trabalho e bem-estar.The rise of Industry 4.0 has brought about new technologies and opportunities that are changing the nature of work, particularly in factory floor settings. However, these changes have also brought about new challenges for workers, including mental health issues. Shop floor workers, in particular, face physical and mental stressors in their work that can impact their overall well-being, despite Industry 4.0 efforts. The Operator 4.0 concept in Industry 4.0 introduces a lot of operators like the Healthy Operator that emphasises human-centricity and aims to improve worker efficiency and well-being through advanced technologies and data analytics. This thesis proposes the development of a prototype tool co-created and validated in the context of Industry 4.0 to measure metrics from the worker and the workplace, creating a holistic picture of the worker, their competence and well-being in line with Romero's et al. concept of a "healthier" worker. This information is returned to the worker and presented in a readable and understandable manner to identify trends and inform future decisions concerning their work and well-being

IFPOC Symposium:Discovering antecedents and consequences of complex change recipients' reactions to organizational change.

IFPOC symposium: Discovering antecedents and consequences of complex change recipients' reactions to organizational change Chairs: Maria Vakola (Athens University of Economics and Business) & Karen Van Dam (Open University) Discussant: Mel Fugate (American University, Washington, D.C) State of the art Organisations are required to continuously change and develop but there is a high failure rate associated with change implementation success. In the past two decades, change researchers have started to investigate change recipients' reactions to change recognizing the crucial role of these reactions for successful change. This symposium aims at identifying and discussing the complex processes that underlie the relationships among antecedents, reactions and outcomes associated with organizational change. New perspective / contributions This symposium consists of five studies that extend our knowledge in the field by (i) providing an analysis of change recipients' reactions going beyond the dichotomous approaches (acceptance or resistance) (ii) revealing understudied antecedents-reactions and reactions-consequences patterns and relationships (iii) shedding light on the role of contextual factors i.e team climate and individual factors i.e emotion regulation on the adaptation to change. This symposium is based on a combination of both quantitative (i.e diary, survey) and qualitative (i.e interviews) research methodology. Research / practical implications This symposium aims to increase our understanding of the complex processes associated with change recipients' reactions to change. Discovering how these reactions are created and what are their results may reveal important contingencies that can explain how positive organizational outcomes during times of change can be stimulated which is beneficial for both researchers and practitioners

Qigong at Work: Where East Meets West

State of the Art Qigong is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TMC) and aims to balance body and mind. The roots of Qigong lie in China, where Confucian and Daoist scholars (500-400 B.C.) noted that one must learn to balance and relax one’s thoughts and emotions to avoid illness (Yang, 1997). In the Western world, Qigong is best known for its slow and coordinated movements. According to TCM, these movements will help regulate one’s ‘qi’, or life energy, through the body to improve the health and harmony of mind and body. During the practice of Qigong, one’s breathing, attention and movement are aligned. As such, Qigong is sometimes considered Mindfulness in movement (although there are many important differences). New perspectives / contributionsQigong has many positive outcomes on health and wellness. In both patient groups and healthy individuals, Qigong has been shown to improve psychological well-being, quality of life, immune function, balance and related risk-factors, and bone density (Jahnke et al., 2010). As such, Qigong offers a validated way to reduce the physical and mental activation that results from a person's work. While recent research has demonstrated how important it is to take short breaks at work, there is still little attention for Qigong exercises as a means to recover at work.Practical Implications In this presentation, we will explain and practice several Qigong exercises. These movements can be used at work (and at home) to recover from (hormonal) activation, ‘empty’ one’s head, and restore the body-mind balance. <br/

Safety and Reliability - Safe Societies in a Changing World

The contributions cover a wide range of methodologies and application areas for safety and reliability that contribute to safe societies in a changing world. These methodologies and applications include: - foundations of risk and reliability assessment and management - mathematical methods in reliability and safety - risk assessment - risk management - system reliability - uncertainty analysis - digitalization and big data - prognostics and system health management - occupational safety - accident and incident modeling - maintenance modeling and applications - simulation for safety and reliability analysis - dynamic risk and barrier management - organizational factors and safety culture - human factors and human reliability - resilience engineering - structural reliability - natural hazards - security - economic analysis in risk managemen