Patterns of underlying causes of work-related traumatic fatalities – Comparison between small and larger companies in British Columbia

Holizki, Theresa; McDonald, Rosebelle; Gagnon, Faith A.

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2014.06.008

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“…Among the factors cited to explain the unavailability of tools suitable for measuring their maturity level are insufficient economic, technological and human resources, the adopted managerial mode and efforts oriented towards productivity and quality to the detriment of OHS [26]. Although SMEs generally have limited resources and operate under multiple pressures, they can implement measures based on simple approaches to improving risk management [7,24].…”

Section: Ohs Risk Management Tools and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, behind this success lie various difficulties associated with an environment characterized by several constraints, these being primarily financial, regulatory or related to competitiveness, OHS, quality and so on [7,24] and often posing considerable challenges to these businesses. SMEs in general are constantly in search of new assets and competitive advantages [18,19].…”

Section: Occupational Health and Safety In The Sme Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Prevention by design Not specified [83][84][85] Commitment of management Not specified [24,59,79] Worker commitment and participation -Percent response to questionnaires [24,59,78,86] OHS-related behaviour -Number of observations of unsafe or deviant actions [78,87] Compliance with OHS guidelines or regulations -Number of penalties for non-compliance [8,23,40,54,88] OHS inspection -Number of inspections carried out [25,40,79,86] Equipment and preventive maintenance Not specified [25,79] Work setting and situations potentially at risk Not specified [7,8,20,24,79] Evaluation of proactive indicators Not specified [74,79,86] Technology -Degree of integration of technology into the processes [33,89] Budget -The amount allotted to OHS [33,40,59] Workload -Evaluation of workload [90] …”

Section: Proactive Indicator Examples Of Measurement Referencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Based on the frequency of injuries and fatalities [6], the workplace appears to be considerably more dangerous in small companies than in large companies [7,8]. In Europe, 82% of work-related injuries or lesions and 90% of those leading to death occur in SMEs [2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Development of a Preliminary Model for Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Risk Management Maturity in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Kaassis

Badri

2018

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Management of occupational health and safety (OHS) risks is a crucial component of any business. Numerous investigations have shown that work-related injuries and deaths occur disproportionately in small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and that this is clearly due to deficient management of OHS risks. The main goal of this work is to develop a base of indicators suitable for evaluating OHS risk management maturity in industrial SMEs. A preliminary model is then proposed for this evaluation, based on a small number of relevant indicators selected from a careful bibliographic review. The work begins with a critical review of the literature and analysis of known concepts, methods, tools and models of measurement of risk analysis maturity in order to extract relevant indicators. The most suitable indicators are then grouped to form the basis of a preliminary model for evaluating OHS risk management maturity in the SME setting. Our findings will help managers of SMEs make sound decisions in their quest to improve the OHS performance of their businesses.

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Section: Ohs Risk Management Tools and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Occupational Health and Safety In The Sme Settingmentioning

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Section: Proactive Indicator Examples Of Measurement Referencesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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2018

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“…The first two papers (Holizki et al, 2015;Holte et al, 2015) focus on the epidemiology of injury in relation to small businesses. Holizki et al (2015) describe the patterns of underlying causes of work-related traumatic fatalities in comparison between small and larger companies in British Columbia.…”

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Managing safety in small and medium enterprises

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a b s t r a c tThis paper presents a conceptual model for increasing acceptable working environments for SMEs. It also acts as an editorial for the special issue of Safety Science on 'Managing safety in small and medium enterprises (SMEs)'. It describes how seven of the ten papers in the special issue originate from an international conference in 2013 on Understanding Small Enterprises. It includes a commentary on the papers in the special issue as well as directing the reader to all of the current state-of-the-science sources known to the authors. The paper provides a background to previous research on safety in SMEs, showing how most current policy and legislation on occupational health and safety (OSH) and the work environment is based on large enterprises and that there is a relative paucity of research on OSH in SMEs. In a summary of current knowledge, it is argued that modern OHS legislation and interventions to help improve work environments need to increasingly take account of the specific characteristics of SMEs. The conceptual model for increasing acceptable working environments for SMEs takes its onset in a legislative standard that is built into intervention programmes and includes three instrument pillars: inspection to enhance compliance, recognition of the standard by the stakeholders in the industry sector and dissemination of information to small enterprises.

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Promoting Occupational Safety, Health, and Well-Being in Emergency Medical Services

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Kinnari

Tappura

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Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance

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Patterns of underlying causes of work-related traumatic fatalities – Comparison between small and larger companies in British Columbia

Cited by 17 publications

References 19 publications

Development of a Preliminary Model for Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Risk Management Maturity in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Development of a Preliminary Model for Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Risk Management Maturity in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Managing safety in small and medium enterprises

Promoting Occupational Safety, Health, and Well-Being in Emergency Medical Services

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