1. Safe design

A design is considered "safe" when it integrates both the risks to operator health and safety, and the overall risks to the socio-technical system. Such a design can only take place in close conjunction with a proactive approach to prevention and safety, and is part of a genuine safety management system as described in the literature (cf. e.g. Hale, Baram, 1998; Cox, Cox, 1996). Based on the above postulates (see Note), we can emphasize that job analysis can form the basis for the implementation of a feedback policy and tool for design. Feedback policies and tools remain essential for safer design, not only through the analysis of critical events, but also through the analysis of daily work situations and design situations, as illustrated here.

In the example presented here from the waste disposal sector, the results are all the more interesting given that this...