Study on Safety Risk Assessment in the Equipment Manufacturing Industry Based on the Entropy Weight‐DEMATEL Method (Study on Safety Risk Assessment in the Equipment Manufacturing Industry)

ABSTRACT In this paper, we start from the perspective of safety risk management in the equipment manufacturing industry. It selects corresponding influencing factors from six aspects: operational environment, legal system, brand quality, technical management, industrial chain requirements, and human and cost control. Based on these factors, an evaluation index system for safety risk management in the equipment manufacturing industry is constructed. To further explore the roles of these influencing factors (i.e., evaluation indicators) in the safety management of equipment manufacturing industry, we propose entropy weight‐DEMATEL decision‐making process to conduct an in‐depth analysis. Through the weight analysis using the entropy method, it is found that the factors with relatively greater impact are the quality of R&D personnel, legal provisions, human resource allocation, and policy environment. Meanwhile, using DEMATEL analysis, it is identified that the business operation environment, legal provisions, institutional constraints, quality supervision system, configuration of hardware and software facilities, and the scale of the industrial chain are causal risk factors. In contrast, the social security environment, policy environment, quality of R&D personnel, and human resource allocation are result‐oriented safety risk factors.