Author, as appears in the article.: Sánchez-Rebull MV; Niñerola A; Ferrer-Rullan R; Hernández-Lara AB

Department: Gestió d'Empreses

URV's Author/s: Hernandez Lara, Ana Beatriz / Niñerola Monserrat, Angels / Sánchez Rebull, María Victoria

Keywords: Workplace safety Six sigma Process improvement Measure Improve and control Define Case study Analyse

Abstract: © 2020 Central Institute for Labour Protection–National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB). Six Sigma has been applied as a business process improvement strategy in many companies worldwide with great results. On the other hand, workplace safety constitutes a key issue for company managers due to their responsibility. The aim of this article is to demonstrate how using Six Sigma can reduce accidents. A case study is conducted on a large European metallic packaging manufacturing company. As a result, the company presented a reduction of lost time accidents from 97 to 30 that saved a lot of time and cost. The σ value achieved was 4.24. This project shows the effectiveness of Six Sigma as an improvement tool in the human resources area, despite most of the previous Six Sigma research being focused on manufacturing aspects. The case studied can be useful either for large companies or small and medium-sized companies interested in improving safety.

Thematic Areas: Sociologia i política Saúde coletiva Safety, risk, reliability and quality Safety research Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Psicología Medicina i Interdisciplinar General medicine Ergonomics Enfermagem Economia Ciências ambientais

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: angels.ninerola@urv.cat anabeatriz.hernandez@urv.cat mariavictoria.sanchez@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0001-5598-1203 0000-0002-8110-9328 0000-0003-0326-5699 0000-0002-9920-4104

Record's date: 2023-02-19

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10803548.2020.1829318

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: International Journal Of Occupational Safety And Ergonomics. (2): 1-13

APA: Sánchez-Rebull MV; Niñerola A; Ferrer-Rullan R; Hernández-Lara AB (2022). Six Sigma for workplace safety improvement: improving hazards and unsafe conditions in a metallic packaging manufacturing company. International Journal Of Occupational Safety And Ergonomics, (2), 1-13. DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2020.1829318

Article's DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2020.1829318

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2022

Publication Type: Journal Publications