VerticalForsiktighet
VerticalForsiktighet is a risk-management framework designed to address hazards and decision-making in vertically oriented environments and processes. It seeks to integrate hazard identification, risk assessment, and control strategies across multiple vertical layers—such as levels in a building, stages of a process, or segments of vertical transport.
The term combines the English word vertical with the Norwegian term for caution or care, forsiktighet. In
Core concepts include mapping hazards along the vertical axis, ensuring redundancy and fail-safety in vertical pathways,
Implementation typically involves vertical risk mapping (identifying hazards that are unique to each level), level-specific control
Applications span construction and heavy industry, tall buildings, offshore platforms, wind turbine towers, and vertical transportation
Critics note that VerticalForsiktighet can be resource-intensive, requiring cross-disciplinary coordination and ongoing governance to remain effective
See also: risk management, safety engineering, fall protection, vertical transport safety.