The first target of the European Union's safety policy is to improve the implementation of
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, especially for small and medium …

This article presents a method of assessing the economic outcome of implementing an
occupational safety and health management system (OSH MS). Developed at the Central …

Introduction Scandinavian countries such as Sweden implemented the occupational health
and safety (OHS) measures in the European Directive 89/391/EEC earlier than other …

Several conceptual models of Occupational Safety and Health and (OSH) performance have
been proposed by researchers. However, these models are not fully exploitable by Small …

Efforts to prevent work-related injuries have met with tangible success in industrialized
countries. In Quebec, workplace accidents and occupational illness have declined sharply …

The core of safety practice is the occupational safety risk assessment, which is quite often a
complex process since it requires to take into account parameters that are often difficult to …

A lack of effective proactive indicators is probably the single biggest problem faced in
occupational safety and health management today. Most proactive indicators presented in …

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is poorer in small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) than in large corporations. Fatal accidents are up to eight times more frequent in …

Effective interventions are a priority in continuously changing occupational environments,
particularly in companies struggling to manage health and safety in the workplace …

This study focuses on a successful risk assessment procedure in small and medium sized
enterprises (SMEs) where occupational health and safety resources may be less accessible …