Selecting Occupational Safety Equipment by MCDM Approach Considering Universal Design Principles

Yilmaz Kaya B., Dağdeviren M.

HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS IN MANUFACTURING & SERVICE INDUSTRIES, vol.26, no.2, pp.224-242, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/hfm.20625
  • Journal Name: HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS IN MANUFACTURING & SERVICE INDUSTRIES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Page Numbers: pp.224-242
  • Keywords: Occupational safety, Universal design, Equipment selection, AHP, Fuzzy PROMETHEE, DECISION-SUPPORT-SYSTEM, PROMETHEE II METHOD, PREFERENCE-RANKING, FUZZY PROMETHEE, MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS, AHP, MODEL, USABILITY, ENVIRONMENT, UNCERTAINTY
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Occupational safety concept, which has become a major subject in all industries, has a vital importance in preventing accidents and ensuring a safe working environment. This study proposes an integrated approach to evaluate occupational safety equipment by considering universal design (UD) and technical requirements, both separately and simultaneously. UD principles are concerned with making things usable for anyone, whatever their conditions may be, without any requirements for rearrangement. Two robust multicriteria decision making (MCDM) aid methods, AHP and fuzzy PROMETHEE, are employed to handle the evaluation process in the presented study. The study also includes a demonstration of the proposed approach on a real MCDM problem. The study findings indicate that the proposed approach is valid and accurate, and the inclusion of UD principles has a positive and comprehensive effect on the selection process. (C) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.