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Manikam Pillay

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Dr Manikam Pillay is a Senior Lecturer and expert in Organisational safety and risk management. His research focuses on developing Resilience in organizations through an integration of organizational behaviour, culture, climate, high reliability, safe systems of work, and resilience management strategies. He investigate how the above can be used to advance and enhance organisational and team performance in high risk contexts such as construction, healthcare, manufacturing and mining. Mani has published over 50 technical articles and received over $170K in research grants. To date he has supervised 5 PhDs to completion. He currently heads the Resilience Management Education Evaluation and Research Services (Virtual) Lab; and is a Member of the Academy of Management, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, American Society of Safety Professionals, Human Factors and Ergonomics and International Association of Applied Psychology. He is also on the Editorial Board of Safety Science (Elsevier), a topic editor for Safety (MDPI); and on the Scientific Advisory Boards of Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), Digital Modelling and Applications in Health Safety Ergonomics and Risk Management (HCII), Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED) Conference series, and the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction Committee WO99 (Health and Safety in Construction). In addition, he also is a peer reviewer for Engineering Construction and Architectural Management Journal (EMERALD).

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Latest work with IntechOpen by Manikam Pillay

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is an important focus of governments and organizations throughout the world because there are over 2.78 million fatal and 374 million nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses experienced by employees every year. Addressing these requires paying attention to the physical organizational, cultural, and social contexts amidst which work is undertaken. A multidisciplinary approach is also necessary in finding effective solutions. Interestingly, countries and regions address different aspects of OHS depending on what OHS hazards and risks are important to them. This book, based on research from Australia, Belgium, Ghana, Malaysia, Turkey, and Slovakia, examines how a range of OHS hazards are addressed in these contexts. We believe that this is an important first step in addressing an age-old OHS problem through a multiregional collaboration.

Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational Health and Safety

Edited by Manikam Pillay

Chapters authored

The Utility of M-31000 for Managing Health and Safety Risks: A Pilot Investigation

By Manikam Pillay

The management of occupational health and safety (OHS) risks is an important part of any business. ISO 31000 risk management has been suggested to represent the natural standard for integrating OHS risk management into business operations. However, published research on this standard is very limited, so its ability to influence the management of OHS risks is unknown. The aim of this chapter is to report on the first part of the findings of a pilot study aimed at investigating the utility of the ISO 31000 risk management standard for managing occupational health and safety (OHS) risks. A review of the published literature on ISO 31000 is presented first. This is followed by a modified theoretical framework, M-31000, taking into account OHS risk management practice. The results of 42/149 key informants selected as part of a purposive sampling strategy identified three main advantages of ISO 31000, including acting as a good starting point for risk management, supplementing other risk management strategies, and allowing for easier integration with other similar strategies. The two main shortfalls identified in this pilot included the standard being vague and difficult to implement. The study also revealed that M-31000 was much simpler and more consistent with safety management practice.

Part of the book: Occupational Health and Safety

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