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Health & Safety News Brief
Occupational Health & Safety Information Service
Can you help? Evaluation into the success of other OH &S regulators use of expert systems overview
 BOMEL is an independent research consultancy conducting research on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in Great Britain (GB) to understand more about how expert systems are being used by International OH&S Regulators and industry to manage workplace risks.
The aim of the research is to help the HSE understand how it can learn important lessons from the success of other organisation’s use of expert systems to manage workplace risks.
EXPERT SYSTEMS
An expert system can be described as a computer application that uses specialist domain knowledge to suggest solutions to problems in a particular discipline, for example, expert systems can help to diagnose human illnesses, make financial forecasts and identify and manage workplace risks and hazards. These types of tools may also be known as knowledge-based systems, decision-making tools and computer-aided learning.
YOUR INVOLVEMENT
We at BOMEL would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about any expert systems that you may use as an organisation and any others that you may have come across, at a time and date convenient with you. We are interested in hearing about issues including what the system was designed to do, the main components within it, how the system is managed and how successful the system has been (see the attachment for the full list of questions). We are primarily interested in expert systems designed to address safety at work, however we would like to know about any other systems that you use or have come across.
BENEFITS OF INVOLVEMENT
Taking part in the consultation will give you the opportunity to contribute to an international review of safety-related expert systems. Helping us with this research also has much wider implications. It will ultimately provide the HSE with an understanding of the true extent and type of systems that exist, and help the HSE to apply expert system best practice to the GB context.
PROPOSED DATE AND TIME
We would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about expert systems at a date and time convenient with you. The interview will last approximately 20 - 25 minutes. However, this may vary depending on the information that you are able to provide us with.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Everything that you say will be treated in the strictest of confidence. Your personal details will not be passed on to the HSE or made available to any other parties, however specialist knowledge gathered from industry professionals regarding their successful use of expert systems will be considered for documentation as case studies in an official report for the HSE. We would provide you with copies of such information that we intend to use.
Prity Chavda
BOMEL Limited
Ledger House, Forest Green Road, Fifield
Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 2NR United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1628 777707
Fax: +44 (0) 1628 777877
www.bomelconsult.com
Email: pritychavda@bomelconsult.com
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