Risk assessment model of work safety in container dry ports: The adoption of the continuous risk matrix and Fuzzy AHP

Abstract

This paper aims to carry out the risk assessment of work safety in container dry ports (CDPs) by adopting a continuous risk matrix (CRM) based on a Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The originality of this paper consists of (1) identifying risk factors (RFs) for work safety at CDPs, (2) adopting the fuzzy AHP approach to estimate the likelihood and consequence weights of RFs, (3) developing CRM to evaluate the risk level of work safety in CDPs. For the empirical study, CDPs in Vietnam were surveyed to verify the research model. The proposed continuous risk matrix can contribute as a reference for theoretical methodologies in risk assessment research. At the same time, the empirical study can provide practical information for dry port managers to improve their performance in work safety.