The chapter focuses on presenting data regarding the influence of
occupational health and safety interventions on organizational performance. The main
objective is to present examples of monitoring data, investments, actions, and hazard
prevention programs mentioned by companies in their sustainability reports.
Ergonomics interventions can be an opportunity for prevention and reducing
occupational risks, as the ISO 45001:2018 standard mentions. Occupational Health and
Safety connects with Ergonomics and Human Factors through programs for “reducing
the risk at source”, controlling occupational diseases, and creating healthy workplaces
and working environments, in order to increase social and economic organizational
performance. The chapter is structured in five sections. After the introduction, the main
coordinates of health and safety monitoring data are presented. In the third section,
there is an overview of hazard prevention programs. The fourth section presents
ergonomics and human factor interventions mentioned by companies with a high Dow
Jones ranking score in Occupational Health and Safety (S&P OHS score).The last part
highlights the impact of occupational health and safety programs on social and
economic performance.
Keywords: Ergonomics, Hazard, Healthy workplace, Human factors, ISO 45001, Monitoring, Organizational performance, OHS score, Occupational risk, Occupational disease, Prevention, Safety programs, Standardization, Social performance, Sustainability report, Work, Work environment, Wellbeing.
