Occupational Risk Assessment Using Knowledge Applications in Mining Industry - A Didactical Method

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The risk evaluation sustains enterprises in the uncertainties elimination in the development strategy and management policies. In Romania just few companies develop proper risk measure and cover mechanisms. Starting from this premise, this paper presents a risks evaluation method of occupational diseases at work (e.g. in the surface mining industry) and presents a method of development and use of knowledge-based applications (a didactical method) to assess these risks.

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