| dc.description.abstract | In recent years, the high-tech industry in Taiwan is blooming, and resulting in the massive usage and storage of various hazardous chemicals. Because of this, labors are facing occupational hazards when handling those chemicals. Real cases tell us that in industrial area, many disasters accidents, for instance, chemical spills, fire, or explosions, are happened due to poor management on chemical storage or human negligence.
In view of this, case study method is selected, and the purpose is to explore the accident causation of the interaction between human unsafe behaviors and substrate unstable condition, and to learn the trend of chemicals management laws and regulations. This study is referring to the relevant laws and regulations, books, papers, journals, research reports, internet data and internal information of the case company. By taking the case study, we would like to explore the ways of a foreign company designing and managing its logistics and warehousing of various dangerous goods and to consider whether it can be applied to other companies or logistics service industry. The conclusion of this study is described as following.
Accidents usually are not caused by a single reason but multiple ones; removing any reason can reduce the frequency and seriousness of accidents. In order to prevent and manage the accident, it is essential for a company to continually enhance employees’ awareness of chemical hazard, good practice of warehousing, health and safety compliance, provide the appropriate personal protective equipment, regularly schedule evacuate, emergency, and fire fighting practice, and constantly improve the procedures and correct human behaviors. Furthermore, although it is costly, to set up a dangerous-goods warehouse is inevitable. More than less, managers and EHS officers need to walkabout in warehouse at least once a month to observe the operating process, to early detect the risk, if there is any, and to improve it as soon as possible for minimizing the risk of accident. | en_US |