ABSTRACT
Work site safety inspections can be a vital part of your injury prevention efforts if done well.
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Accident Prevention/methods , Accidents, Occupational/prevention & control , Occupational Health , Risk Management , Safety Management , Humans , WorkplaceABSTRACT
A safety professional must consider the levels of understanding to risk when working with sites or individuals. We are walking lessons learned, and that is our advantage.
Subject(s)
Accidents, Occupational/prevention & control , Construction Industry , Occupational Health , Risk Assessment , Safety Management/methods , Equipment Safety , Humans , Inservice TrainingSubject(s)
Datasets as Topic , Health Behavior , Occupational Health , Safety Management/methods , HumansABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To better understand how integrating health and safety strategies in the workplace has evolved and establish a replicable, scalable framework for advancing the concept with a system of health and safety metrics, modeled after the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. METHODS: Seven leading national and international programs aimed at creating a culture of health and safety in the workplace were compared and contrasted. RESULTS: A list of forty variables was selected, making it clear there is a wide variety of approaches to integration of health and safety in the workplace. CONCLUSION: Depending on how well developed the culture of health and safety is within a company, there are unique routes to operationalize and institutionalize the integration of health and safety strategies to achieve measurable benefits to enhance the overall health and well-being of workers, their families, and the community.
