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The aim of this report is to make it easier for companies within the wooden industry to start with and improve their systematic fire protection. It hopefully also helps out keeping the documentation at a high level. For this purpose a model has been created. The model is based on the internal and external demands this type of industry is living with. Also the specific needs and opportunities have
The concept of intake fraction (iF) relates the emitted amount of a particular chemical to the subsequent human intake of that substance. Intake fractions have been calculated for more than 300 substances, spanning a range of up to seven orders of magnitude. It has furthermore been suggested that intake fractions can be estimated based on a few properties of the chemical. In this study, the follow
The Swedish system for crisis management is changing. Among other things, this has resulted in the law (2002:833) concerning extraordinary events in times of peace in municipalities and county councils, which states that municipalities must produce a plan for the management of extraordinary events. In this thesis, a hypothesis concerning how this plan can be based on risk- and vulnerability analys
Based on a new Swedish legislation for accident prevention and protection, this report is thought to be a guidance of making a municipality accident prevention programme. This work is following the process introduced by the Swedish Rescue Service Agency, Räddningsverket.
The purpose of this Master’s thesis was to investigate which factors influence the size of loss, insured by If, that occurred as a result of fire or explosion. Further on, this information shall be implemented at If to gain a better understanding towards risk. This to facilitate the assessment of insurance premium and reinsurance requirement.
This report contains a mapping of the different types of goods imported into Sweden by air during 2004. The process of the collection of statistical data resulted in a model. The model was developed with the purpose to make future updates easier and more accurate. Finally, the report contains a vulnerability analysis for the supply chain of pharmaceuticals in Sweden. The role of aviation was taken
The base of the work is the standard IEC 61511 “Functional Safety – Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector”. Developing a method for Hydro Polymers to decide a suitable Safety Integrity Level, SIL, for the safety instrumented system is the purpose of this thesis project. Assigning a SIL to the process is one way to handle the risk assessment and make the process adequately saf
The producing of safe products is very important for the food industry today due to increasing awareness of the consumers and competition in the market. To reduce the risk of pathogenic bacteria in the food industry a structured decision analysis is needed. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate which hazardous events that have occurred in the food industry, in which way these events best are
The aim of the thesis is to present a framework for risk management at Trelleborg AB. In doing that a literature study concerning what constitutes good risk management has been performed. Several useful guidelines for how good risk management should be conducted were identified. Risk management documents at Trelleborg were evaluated using these guidelines. Furthermore, complementary interviews wit
This report evaluates USAR (urban search and rescue) search methods and technical equipment that are in use today by international USAR teams. In addition, improvements to both the search equipment and methods and to USAR in general are considered.
This master thesis presents a framework, aimed at assessing fire risk in large automated warehouses. The International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) framework, Risk analysis of technological systems, provides the base, as to the functions of a risk analysis framework and this is subsequently adopted and expanded to better suit the fire risk analysis in high-bay warehouses. The framework pres
The purpose with this master thesis has been to reduce the number of accidents and incidents related to spillage and discharge of product. This has been done by assessing the safety culture and strategies have been proposed on how to act upon the shortcomings that have been revealed in the assessment. An adjusted model has been developed for the assessment of the safety culture. The adjusted model
This thesis estimates the risk of the activity at the oil depot in Örfirisey and its location, to its nearby population. The thesis will consider possible risks from the oil depot it self in case of fire, today, in relation to health and safety. Transportation of the fuel from the depot through the city will be discussed in an attempt to see if other depot locations or strategies can lessen the ri
The aim of this project is to investigate the requirements of intern audit of fire safety management systems. The project started out with a literature survey followed by a case study at the warehouse Gekås in Ullared, Sweden. As a complement to the literature survey, representatives from a couple of different Swedish municipalities were interviewed. The goal with the case study was to find out wh
Vi har genom denna studie fått fram resultat som visar att det bland tillväxtföretag finns en tendens att de använder sig av en diversifierad strategi för att växa. Det som främst leder till tillväxt är att göra någonting annorlunda än konkurrenterna, det kan vara allt från hur företagsledningen styr företaget till produkt och marknadsutveckling.
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the practical understanding of distributed leadership in knowledge intensive firms, and what characteristics within the organization that affect this process. During the last two decades the society has undergone a range of economic and social changes where companies have gradually shifted towards a more decentralized and horizontal organization, which
Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att ur ett konsumentperspektiv undersöka hur tillit uppfattas på internet. Metod och Empiri: Genom en kvalitativ studie med ett iterativt förhållningssätt har vi genomfört 13 intervjuer. De semistrukturerade intervjuerna är det empiriska material som ligger till grund för analysen med hjälp av litteratur och akademiska artiklar. Teoretiska perspektiv: Teori som behandlar
The construction industry is working to reduce costs and increase the quality of construction. A solution could be to use a building information model (BIM). In theory has BIM been around since the 1980’s and is an approach concerning information management in a project. BIM is a database for a project where all the information is collected to be used in the building’s lifecycle. The purpose of th
Syftet med detta examensarbete var att i samarbete med betongföretaget Swerock och tillsatsföretaget SIKA studera och ta fram betongrecept med flygaska för olika varianter av självkompakterande betong, så kallad SKB. SKB framhålls som en produkt med långsiktig ekonomisk vinning, bättre gjutresultat men framför allt som ett skonsammare sätt att gjuta betong jämfört med den traditionella metoden. SK
