The main benefits associated with health and safety management systems certification in Portuguese small and medium enterprises post quality management system certification

Santos, Gilberto; Barros, Síria Alves; Mendes, Fátima; Lopes, Nuno

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2012.06.014

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“…Voluntary OHSMSs can be developed and implemented by each company according to their interest or through the implementation of certified OHSMSs, such as OHSAS 18001:2007. Small enterprises rarely implement any type of OHSMS and are unaware of any certified systems (Santos et al, 2013), particularly compulsory OHSMS; these companies have vision as bureaucratic obligation and perform segmented implementation without reaching the proposed objectives.…”

Section: Barriers To Occupational Health and Safety Management In Smamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Barriers to occupational health and safety management in small Brazilian enterprises

Garnica

Barriga

2018

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Paper aims: To determine main barriers to the implementation of occupational health and safety management systems OHSMS in the context of small Brazilian enterprises from the perspectives of owners/managers, labor auditors, and OHS consultants. Originality: Survey with three different perspectives on small Brazilian enterprises. Research method: Survey conducted with stakeholders who influence the safety culture in small enterprises to identify the main barriers to the implementation of OHSMS. Main findings: Owners/managers tend to blame employees and the government for difficulty in implementing OHSMS, and external actors tend to blame management and resource allocation. Opinions converge on inappropriate management behavior, ineffective information and communication and production prioritization. Implications for theory and practice: These barriers should be overcome not only to facilitate the implementation of OHSMS but also to improve the conditions for the management of all small business operations.

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Section: Barriers To Occupational Health and Safety Management In Smamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One of the reasons for not implementing OHSMS in small enterprises is the very high investment required; thus, the system is perceived by the owners to have superfluous cost with unattractive benefits (Santos et al, 2013).…”

Section: Ohsms In Small Enterprisesmentioning

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Barriers to occupational health and safety management in small Brazilian enterprises

Garnica

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2018

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“…These papers are included in the reference list of the present paper, and are as follows: (Boustras, 2013;Cagno et al, 2013Cagno et al, , 2011Cheng et al, 2010;Fabiano et al, 2004;Fera and Macchiaroli, 2010;Floyde et al, 2013;Gardeux and Marsot, 2014;Hasle et al, 2010Hasle et al, , 2009Jørgensen et al, 2010;Kongtip et al, 2008;Makin and Winder, 2008;Masi et al, 2014;Micheli and Cagno, 2010;Morgaine et al, 2006;Moriyama and Ohtani, 2009;Pérez-Alonso et al, 2011;Santos et al, 2013;Sinclair and Cunningham, 2014;Sørensen et al, 2007;Walker and Tait, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

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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“…Several researchers argue that management systems have helped to reduce accident rates by the principle of prevention (Santos et al 2013), while others stress that the literature in this area is lacking, and that there is little research evidence that safety management practices are related to safety performance (Vinodkumara and Bhasi 2010). Any Safety Management System in itself says little about how policies and procedures are carried out in the field , and Safety Management Systems do not always improve the results of safety because they are centred exclusively on the technical requirements and on obtaining short-term results (Weinstein 1996).…”

Section: Challenges With Using Safety Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%