The institution guarantees the transfer of prevention information to the operational level of enterprises by using selected media and effective communication and taking into account the different demands of target groups when generating material for their workplaces.
Guideline code
PREV_02000
Mechanism
Mechanism
- The prevention and/or communications department should disseminate prevention information materials (e.g. on risks and hazards at the workplace) to employers, safety specialists and workers.
- The prevention and/or communications department should make available sufficient prevention information materials for all target groups within enterprises including, in particular: the directors and owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); chief executives; managers; personnel managers; supervisors; operational prevention specialists, experts and engineers; employees; trade union representatives; prevention units; and enterprise physicians and health workers.
- The prevention and/or communications department should ensure that all information is highly practice orientated, and quick and easy to read and understand (e. g. utilizing checklists).
- The prevention department should deem it essential to maintain close collaboration with state labour and health inspectors, trade union representatives and other representatives of inspection services and authorities, and communication with manufacturers and industry suppliers, in order to transfer prevention knowledge.
- The prevention department should ensure that all prevention media (e.g. brochures, checklists and electronic resources) are as compact and practical as possible, so as to be easily and quickly understood by target groups of different educational levels.
- The prevention department should offer templates for important prevention tools such as risk assessment, safety briefings and safety directives, taking into account the typical hazards and prevention measures of the sector.
Structure
Structure
- The prevention department should provide practice-oriented prevention information on various risks and hazards suitable for different kinds of enterprises, different economic sectors and manufacturers of machinery and equipment.
- The prevention department should provide prevention information that addresses the various target groups from managers to employees, taking into account their different levels of education.
- The prevention department should closely collaborate with all other stakeholders, maintaining contact with enterprises and their personnel in order to guarantee an ongoing supply of correct information on prevention.
Title HTML
Guideline 14. Communication with enterprises
Type
Guideline_1
Weight
24