Gerard Zwetsloot
Vision zero: from accident prevention to the promotion of health, safety and well-being at work
Zwetsloot, Gerard; Leka, Stavroula; Kines, Pete
Authors
Stavroula Leka
Pete Kines
Abstract
There is growing attention in industry for the Vision Zero strategy, which in terms of work-related health and safety is often labelled as Zero Accident Vision or Zero Harm. The consequences of a genuine commitment to Vision Zero for addressing health, safety and well-being and their synergies are discussed. The Vision Zero for work-related health, safety and well-being is based on the assumption that all accidents, harm and work-related diseases are preventable. Vision Zero for health, safety and well-being is then the ambition and commitment to create and ensure safe and healthy work and to prevent all accidents, harm and work-related diseases in order to achieve excellence in health, safety and well-being. Implementation of Vision Zero is a process – rather than a target, and healthy organizations make use of a wide range of options to facilitate this process. There is sufficient evidence that fatigue, stress and work organization factors are important determinants of safety behaviour and safety performance. Even with a focus on preventing accidents these additional factors should also be addressed. A relevant challenge is the integration of the Vision Zero into broader business policy and practice. There is a continued need more empirical research in this area.
Citation
Zwetsloot, G., Leka, S., & Kines, P. (in press). Vision zero: from accident prevention to the promotion of health, safety and well-being at work. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/14773996.2017.1308701
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 16, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 7, 2017 |
Deposit Date | May 16, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | May 16, 2017 |
Journal | Policy and Practice in Health and Safety |
Print ISSN | 1477-3996 |
Electronic ISSN | 1477-4003 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis Open |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 2 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14773996.2017.1308701 |
Keywords | Zero accidents, zero harm, psychosocial factors, safety culture, prevention culture |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/855187 |
Publisher URL | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14773996.2017.1308701 |
Additional Information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Policy and Practice in Health and Safety on 7 April 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14773996.2017.1308701. |
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