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Risk Management in Occupational Health and Safety Context: A Proposal for a Coherent Structure of Concepts and Terminology
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências—ISEC, Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências—ISEC, Lisboa, Portugal
- 1 Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências—ISEC, Lisboa, Portugal
- 2 Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- 3 Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências—ISEC, Lisboa, Portugal
Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology·Volume 12 (2022)·Pages 96–107·Published 21 November 2022·DOI10.4236/ojsst.2022.124009
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Abstract
Applying and developing specific methodologies, a system of definitions/ concepts is characterized and elaborated which is intended to be coherent and sufficiently comprehensive to allow for a terminological treatment of the Management Process Risk and, consequently, contribute to a justified uniformity of the terminology applicable to Safety Engineering. This paper proposes a coherent and interrelational structure of concepts, definitions, and terms, focused on the risk concept. As a conclusion and synthesizing those definitions, it was possible to construct a proto glossary with biunivocal relations between them.
KeywordsOccupational Health and SafetyRisk ManagementTerminology
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