[B-BS and ergonomics: synergies for the prevention of occupational hazards]

We intend to compare the potential of ergonomics and B-BS (Behavior-Based Safety) in the prevention of risk factors that may contribute to the occurrence of injuries, highlighting the differences that characterize them, but also the possible contact points. The ergonomics aims to optimize the work space, the equipment and the tasks to match with the needs and the mental and physical characteristics of the workers. From this perspective, the creation of conditions and situations that can produce high comfort levels becomes the first and the most effective and successful preventive measure. The B-BS focuses on the workers' behavior, where its adaptive modulation is able to optimize the performance of workers in relation to the probable, or possible, risk factors with an evident and statistically significant reduction in the number and severity of human errors. Then the human factor is central in both disciplines, but with a diametrically opposit involvement.