Prevention concept in industry: improvement in occupational safety and health protection--an empirical study.
This prevention concept offers a contribution to the expansion of the set of instruments for occupational safety and health protection within workplace prevention. The concept involves the multilateral analysis of work conditions. The utilized instruments include a strategy group, a survey, a health issue round table, and an analysis of work demands, and lead to synergy effects at the results level. Employees are drawn into the analysis of work conditions and workplace design solutions for the improvement of the work situation. The prevention concept was tested in a large company and its application established in practice. It was accepted by all participants, and the comparison with the previous situation (defined only through the analysis of work demands) demonstrated a significant improvement in health protection.
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Company for People and Work-Prevention and Rehabilitation, Essen, Germany. ramsauer@munda.de
D003256:Community Participation; D005858:Germany; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis