Participation for understanding

Participation for understanding: An interactive method

TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
Koningsveld, E.A.P.

2005

Introduction: There are many available models that help evaluate the effectiveness of safety and health measures, but many are complex and require input from many departments within an organization. There is a need to develop a more user-friendly model. Method: A participative model was developed that involves face-to-face interviewers with workers, maintenance department, purchasing department and health and safety experts. They were asked about costs, efforts, benefits, and effects of gauging the effects of prevention efforts. Results: Cost effectiveness analyses are essential in all cases and can include whatever the end-user requires, whether it is a small or lasting improvement. Having management participate helps validate the data. Conclusions: Organizations who collaborate with someone with at least some skill in cost-benefit evaluations will find that they will be able to establish policies and procedures from the data. The end result is a calculation that is understood by all involved. © 2005 National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Arbeidsproductiviteit
Costs
Economic evaluation tools
Evaluation models
Safety
Accident prevention
Cost benefit analysis
Costs
Economic and social effects
Industrial management
Mathematical models
Preventive maintenance
Economic evaluation tools
Evaluation models
Health measures
User-friendly models
Industrial economics
article
bioengineering
cost benefit analysis
economics
human
interview
methodology
Netherlands
occupational health service
productivity
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Efficiency
Human Engineering
Humans
Interviews
Netherlands
Occupational Health Services

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:21a55fd5-9932-4fc9-9cb6-0c45908e49ce

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2005.06.004

238645

0022-4375

Journal of Safety Research, 36 (36), 231-236

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