Under the TOP principle, the priority of measures is exactly in this order: technical, organizational, and personal. While this approach is correct in most situations, its order reaches its limits when it comes to tripping, slipping, and falling accidents (SRS), since in SRS accidents, the personal approach is not the least important aspect in the sequence. Uwe Strofus classifies this approach from the perspective of traditional occupational safety: What is the traditional approach in risk assessment, and why does the TOP principle behave differently in the case of SRS accidents? Using various practical examples, he explains why individual, behavior-based approaches are underestimated and why they hold great potential.

To conclude, the three speakers will engage in a discussion with one another and with the audience. The focus will be on the questions that remain unanswered after the three presentations: Where can the individual level be integrated into the risk assessment? Who bears the costs when a measure simultaneously reduces accident rates and days of work disability? And what is the first step that costs nothing? The perspectives from traditional occupational safety, workplace health management, and training science are deliberately not identical. Differing assessments are openly discussed rather than glossed over. Questions from the audience are expressly encouraged.