Standardization: an essential lever of primary prevention

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EUROGIP, the French occupational safety and health institution, demonstrates with reference to six specific examples how standards can contribute to the improvement of safety and health.

Standardization is an essential instrument in primary prevention, and ensures that occupational safety and health is considered from the design stage onwards in products such as machines and personal protective equipment.

EUROGIP, 2019. Download at: www.eurogip.fr/en/news/5407-new-publication-standardization-in-occupational-health-and-safety-essential-primary-prevention-lever