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done when the safety and health of people is included
in the planning and development processes of the work
system.
Accordingly, the essential aspects of prevention must be:
•
An assessment of working conditions must be compre-
hensive, holistic and forward-thinking. This means the
assessment must integrate physical and psychological
aspects as well as consider technical developments.
•
Prevention starts in the development phase. Preven-
tion specialists work along with the technical devel-
opments. The result is that the use of technology or
machinery is assessed in its entirety and not only in
separate technical aspects.
•
Under certain circumstances, the assessment criteria
for new technologies need to be redefined. This in-
cludes designing a preventive analysis of the effects
of errors or faulty handling on the overall result and
the risk of an accident.
•
In activities that are communication intensive, pre-
vention belongs to a system of communication man-
agement where the total amount of information is
reduced and only that information which is import-
ant for the task at hand are filtered through. Suitable
workplace solutions must be developed which ensure
there are periods of rest and recuperation.
•
Prevention helps companies with the planning and
conducting of training which enables employees to
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