Citation

Bentivegna M. G. Ital. Med. Lav. Ergon. 2010; 32(4 Suppl): 180-181.

Vernacular Title

Performance e sicurezza sul lavoro.

Affiliation

AITO, Istituto Trivulzio Milano, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, PI-ME Editrice)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21438254

Abstract

The evaluative approach of occupational therapy, centred on the person, on an analysis of performance and an assessment of the work environment, can provide important information for planning interventions to increase safety at work. The reliability of work performance is influenced by many factors, some of which are not directly dependent on humans, such as those related to the environment, to materials, to spaces, to places and to the organization of work; others, however, are closely related to human behaviours. For this reason, for the purpose of ensuring prevention of all harmful events, the process of risk evaluation must also include an analysis of the role of human behaviour and functional capacity. In our daily clinical practice, we Occupational Therapists use work to promote the wellbeing and health of people by involving them in activities, with the knowledge that every occupation is perceived by an individual as something particularly personal and significant.

Language: it