Ensuring Safety in Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Manufacturing: Best Practices for Risk Management from Human Resource Perspective

Abstract

Risk management (RM) is a widely embraced concept in numerous companies, as it offers benefits such as enhanced productivity, increased profits, and improved business performance. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the ability of risk management to ensure occupational safety in an Egyptian company manufacturing FRP from a human resources management perspective. The conventional manufacturing processes of GRP include three main stages: (1) pre manufacturing, (2) during production and (3) after final production. A total of 14 risks have been identified and assessed using risk matrix approach. Among these risks, 5 are moderate level, 4 are low level, 4 considered as high risky level and only one considered as an extreme level of risk. Further risk evaluation is carried out by considering operational activities that can mitigate risk, both reducing the impact and the possibility of the occurrence of risks. Additionally, the current study proposes general and specified mitigation protocols that can be considered by companies in an effort to reduce the negative impact of risk.