Construction and application of an occupational health risk grading method based on risk matrix and dynamic weighting: a case study of footwear manufacturing enterprises
Hongying Bian, Xin Wang, Yiwen Dong, Ning Kang, Lin Zhang · 2026
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Hongying Bian and co-authors build a new way to grade workplace health risks and try it in shoe factories, in a 2026 study. Footwear plants expose workers to solvents, dust, and noise, and each existing rating method sees only part of that picture. The team combined four established approaches into one method. It blends a risk matrix with weights that shift as conditions change, and scores were normalized so the methods could merge.
Four factories were measured on site for chemicals, dust, and noise, and each was scored by all four methods and by the new combined one. The authors argue the merged grading supports finer, more dynamic control of plant hazards. Validation rests on how well the grades track measured exposures.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hongying Bian, Xin Wang, Yiwen Dong, Ning Kang, Lin Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 78 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |