HealthEducationandHealthPromotion(HEHP)(2016)Vol.4(3)3DeterminingtheMostImportantHazardsintheCementIndustrywithaCostReductionandProcessOptimizationApproachFaezehAbbasiBalochkhaneh1,MohamadRezaGhotbiRavandi2*,FatemehGolkhani3,SaeedBaesmat4,ZahraHasanpourSodrejani5AbstractAim:Occupationalhealthwiththegoalsofproviding,maintainingandenhancingthephysical,psychologicalandsocialhealthofemployeesandpreventingharmfulfactorsisimportant.Oneofthewaysofpreventingoccupationalhazardsistoidentifythemintheworkplace.Sothepurposeofthisresearchistoidentifyhazardsandriskassessmentinordertoprovidethenecessaryinformationtohelpmakethedecisionsrequiredtoreducetheoccupation-relatedrisks.Methods:Inthisstudy,weusedacombinationofFMEAandAHPmethodstoassesstheoccupationalrisksofthecementindustry.Findings:Inthisstudy,eighthazardswerefirstexaminedbytheFMEAmethod,whichwasthehighestriskprioritynumberforoccupationalhazards.Thenthehierarchicalanalysisprocesstechniquewasusedtoevaluateandrankthehazards,withtheriskofworkingatanelevatedlevelwitharelativeweightof0.2234inthefirstplaceandthedangersofworkingwithmachinerywitharelativeweightof0.20864.Conclusion:Themanufacturingactivitiesinthisindustryarerequiredtoworkindifferentconditionssuchashighaltitude,workandcontactwithdangerousrotatingandmovingequipment,andhigh-riskmanufacturingprocessesthatprovidesuitablesafetycontrolsandstructuresfortheprotectionofhumancapitalandevenupgradingmachines.Therefore,thehealthofthestaffandtheworkenvironmentisnecessary.Keywords:Healthpromotion,Cementindustry,Hazardidentification,Riskindividuality1.B.Sc.,DepartmentofOccupationalHealth,SchoolofPublicHealth,SemnanUniversityofMedicalSciences,Semnan,IranEmail:faezehabasi72@yahoo.com2.AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofOccupationalHealth,KermanSchoolofPublicHealth,KermanUniversityofMedicalSciences,Kerman,IranEmail:ghotbi@kmu.ac.ir3.B.Sc.,DepartmentofOccupationalHealth,KermanSchoolofPublicHealth,KermanUniversityofMedicalSciences,Kerman,IranEmail:fgolkhani1396@gmail.com4.B.Sc.,DepartmentofOccupationalHealth,KermanSchoolofPublicHealth,KermanUniversityofMedicalSciences,Kerman,IranEmail:saeedbaesmat@yahoo.com5.B.Sc.,DepartmentofOccupationalHealth,SchoolofPublicHealth,SemnanUniversityofMedicalSciences,Semnan,IranEmail:zahra1374715@gmail.comDownloadedfromhehp.modares.ac.irat23:32IRDTonMondayApril6th2020DeterminingtheMostImportantHazardsin…HealthEducationandHealthPromotion(HEHP)(2016)Vol.4(3)4IntroductionNowadays,allaffairsofthecommunityaredependentoncomplicatedandriskytechnologies.Thereisalwaysafearofwork-relatedaccidents.Accordingtothereportsfromthe1900s,casualtiesduetoworkarerelativelyhigherthanthecasualtiesofwarandothernaturaldisasters[1].AlsotheInternationalLaborOrganization(ILO)hasreportedanannualincidenceofnon-lethaljobinjuriesof150,000peopleand1,400deathsinIran.Thismeansthatforeachcaseofdeath,thereareabout130casesofoccupationaldiseasesthatmayresultinabsenteeism[2].Everyyear,incidentsofirreparabledamagetopersonnelandindustriesoccur,mostofwhicharepredictablebyidentifyingrisksandassessingandcontrollingtherisks[3].Riskmanagementisaprocessthatisemployedbyusingsystemsandmanagementprinciplestoidentify,assessandcontrolrisks[4].Thefirststepintheriskmanagementprocessisriskassessment[5].Riskassessmentisanorganizedmethodologythatisdefinedforriskidentification,riskestimationanddecisionmakinginordertoreduc...