Integrating Health and Safety in the Workplace: How Closely Aligning Health and Safety Strategies Can Yield Measurable Benefits. Issue 5 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Loeppke, Ronald R.; Hohn, Todd; Baase, Catherine; Bunn, William B.; Burton, Wayne N.; Eisenberg, Barry S.; Ennis, Trish; Fabius, Raymond; Hawkins, R. Jack; Hudson, T. Warner; Hymel, Pamela A.; Konicki, Doris; Larson, Paul; McLellan, Robert K.; Roberts, Mark A.; Usrey, Cary; Wallace, Joseph A.; Yarborough, Charles M.; Siuba, Justina
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 57:Issue 5(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000467
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : 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.