Using the 'balance model' for occupational safety and health promotion

Abstract

The 'balance model' of job design was introduced in 1989 [1] and expanded to the enterprise level later [2 - 7]. The main idea of this model is that various components of the workplace interact to increase and decrease workplace safety and health risk, and that careful 'balancing' of the components can produce reduced risk and improved employee safety and health. In this paper we discuss how the 'balance model' can be used to promote occupational safety and health. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.