Xavier Baraza Sánchez
Associate Professor
Economic and Business Studies
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
jbaraza@uoc.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-2647-2041 / Google Scholar
He holds a degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering (1999) specializing in environmental studies, a master’s in Experimental Chemistry, and a PhD in Environmental Biotechnology (2002) from the University of Barcelona. He also earned a master’s in Occupational Risk Prevention (2002) in all three specializations from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and an Executive MBA (2009) from the European Business School.
After more than 10 years of experience in the chemical industry, combined with teaching at various national and international universities, he joined the Faculty of Economics and Business at the Open University of Catalonia in 2010. There, he served as Director of the Master’s in Occupational Risk Prevention (2010–2020), Deputy Director of Teaching (2019–2023), and has been Director of the Faculty of Economics and Business since April 2023.
His current research focuses on the simulation of industrial chemical accidents and the analysis of big data on accident rates across various sectors, including agriculture, mining, and healthcare. He has participated in seven research projects (leading one of them), published ten articles in these research areas, and authored four books on topics related to occupational risk prevention.
Articles:
Baraza, X., Cugueró-Escofet, N., and Rodríguez-Elizalde, R. “Statistical analysis of the severity of occupational accidents in the mining sector”. Journal of safety research 86 (2023): 364-375.
Baraza, X. “The Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion (BLEVE): A bibliometric review and futur trends”. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 83 (2023): 105104.
Blanco, F., and Baraza, X. “Análisis de la doble regulación de las instalaciones eléctricas, desde la seguridad industrial y el riesgo eléctrico”. AACINI-Revista Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial 1 (2023): 61-73.
Baraza, X., and Cugueró-Escofet. “Immigration and occupational accidents: A comparative study of accident severity among foreign and Spanish citizens in the agricultural sector”. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 20.3 (2022): e0105.
Baraza, X., Giménez, J., Pey, A., Rubiales, M. “Lessons learned from the Barracas accident: Ammonium nitrate explosion during road transport”. Process Safety Progress 41.3 (2022): 519-530.
Baraza, X., and Cugueró-Escofet, N. “Severity of occupational agricultural accidents in Spain, 2013–2018”. Safety science 143 (2021): 105422.
Baraza, X., Pey, A., and Giménez, J. “The self-sustaining decomposition of ammonium nitrate fertiliser: Case study, Escombreras valley. Spain”. Journal of Hazardous Materials 387 (2020): 121674.
Books and book chapters:
Blanco, J.F., and Baraza, X. “El perito técnico en prevención de riesgos laborales: ¿cómo confeccionar un dictamen pericial técnico?”. Editorial UOC, Barcelona (2022).
Baraza, X., Castejón, E., and Guardino, X. “Higiene Industrial”. Editorial UOC, Barcelona (2016).
Bestratén, M., Baraza, X., and Corrons, A. “Gestión de la prevención en un marco de excelencia”. Editorial UOC, Barcelona, 2016.
Llacuna, J., Baraza, X., and Bernal, A. “Formar, comunicar y negociar. Aplicación a la prevención de Riesgos Laborales”. Editorial UOC, Barcelona, 2014.