Vol.15, No.2, 2015, pp. 71–78
UDC: 614.8.084:6 331.45/.46:6

CHALLENGES OF FUTURE RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

Snežana Kirin1, Mitar Božić2, Miodrag Brzaković2, Ivana Vučetić1

1)Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade

2)Faculty for Applied Management, Economy and Finance, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

In today's turbulent business conditions, characterised by rapid technological development of a ‘post industrial’ society, in which new technologies result in new risks, safety management of complex techno-socio-ecological systems becomes imperative for sustainability and survival. This paper points out the problems related to future research in this area through a review of technological discoveries, and also waves of considerable technological, sociological and ecological disasters.

Keywords: industrial safety, high-risk systems, human factor

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