Improving occupational safety
A shared interest
For a long time prevention and technical security were the leading strategies to reduce occupational accidents in the Netherlands. Which – as a consequence - created technical laws and rules and control systems.
Till we reached the point that the number of accidents were not reduced any longer. Nowadays the company culture, organisation and the costs of safety are much more important to reduce accidents. Occupational safety costs money and it has to be spend deliberately. Therefore instruments that make decisions easier, are of great value. Companies want to know which decisions to make and if the costs are worth it.
This also leads to less laws and rules about occupational safety. Prescriptive legislation was so overwhelming that maintenance of these rules became difficult. Now, companies have more freedom to take their own decisions.