Incorporating internal context into the design of occupational health and safety research and intervention programmes in SMEs

Bogna, Frank; Dell, Geoff; Raineri, Aldo

doi:10.1080/13215906.2018.1479292

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“…It has to be noted that a larger number of companies was contacted, but in the end only two of them provided full collaboration. Such a behavior reflects the hindrances of SMEs in approaching safety issues [57], as well as the low rate of participation observed by Gobo [58].…”

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Preliminary Human Safety Assessment (PHSA) for the Improvement of the Behavioral Aspects of Safety Climate in the Construction Industry

Fargnoli

Lombardi

2019

Buildings

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Occupational safety in the construction industry still represents a relevant problem at a global level. In fact, the complexity of working activities in this sector requires a comprehensive approach that goes beyond normative compliance to guarantee safer working conditions. In particular, empirical research on the factors influencing the unsafe behavior of workers needs to be augmented. Thus, the relationship between human factors and safety management issues following a bottom-up approach was investigated. In particular, an easy-to-use procedure that can be used to better address workers’ safety needs augmenting the company’s safety climate and supporting safety management issues was developed. Such an approach, based on the assessment of human reliability factors, was verified in a real case study concerning the users of concrete mixer trucks. The results showed that the majority of human failures were action and retrieval errors, underlining the importance of theoretical and practical training programs as a means to improve safety behavior. In such a context, information and communication activities also resulted beneficially to augment the company’s safety climate. The proposed approach, despite its qualitative nature, allows a clearer understanding of workers’ perceptions of hazards and their risk-taking behavior, providing practical cues to monitor and improve the behavioral aspects of safety climate. Hence, these first results can contribute to augmenting safety knowledge in the construction industry, providing a basis for further investigations on the causalities related to human performances, which are considered a key element in the prevention of accidents.

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“…behavior reflects the hindrances of SMEs in approaching safety issues [57], as well as the low rate of participation observed by Gobo [58].…”

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Preliminary Human Safety Assessment (PHSA) for the Improvement of the Behavioral Aspects of Safety Climate in the Construction Industry

Fargnoli

Lombardi

2019

Buildings

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“…As elsewhere, Newfoundland and Labrador’s small-scale fisheries are comprised of thousands of dispersed small- to-medium sized enterprises. It is well recognized that injury and illness prevention in such enterprises is challenging, requiring “something more than a readily prepared template to complete a safety management system aligned to their business” [23] , p. 168). In this context, governance structures and experienced and longstanding leadership personnel in existing fishing industry associations are key to addressing the multiple layers of vulnerability associated with large-scale disruptions.…”

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Fishing safely during COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: Making it happen

Neis¹,

Gómez²,

Reid-Musson³

et al. 2022

Marine Policy

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“…Applying the system approach to OSH management in the workplace guarantees that the levels of protection and prevention are evaluated continuously and maintained via timely and appropriate enhancements [48]. To establish and maintain healthy and safe working conditions and obey the OSH requirements set by international regulations and laws, companies are fortified to make suitable plans for developing an OSHMS [49]. The system should comprise the essential elements of planning, policy, organisation and implementation and assessment and action for enhancement, as illustrated in Figure 1.…”

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Benefits of Implementing Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems for the Sustainable Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

Kineber,

Antwi-Afari,

Elghaish

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Accidents are more prevalent in the construction industry compared to other economic sectors. Therefore, understanding the benefits of occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMSs) in terms of their sustainable implementation, management and performance, as well as the awareness of OHMSs and barriers to their implementation, are important for improving OHSMSs in the sustainability of the construction industry. Although there is considerable research on OHSMSs, further assessments are needed concerning other aspects of OHSMSs, particularly the benefits of OHSMSs. Thus, this review paper summarises the empirical state of the art of OHSMS activities. Scopus, Web of Science and other databases were searched using predefined standards. The query was limited to articles published from 1999 to 2023. Consequently, one hundred and four articles were selected and analysed. These articles present analyses of OHSMSs and their potential benefits concerning the implementation of OHSMSs and management, performance, awareness, and barriers in relation to OHSMSs. The results reveal that 12.50% of the reviewed studies assessed the implementation of OHSMSs in the construction industry, and 25.96% studied the management of OHSMSs. Analyses of the performance of OHSMSs in the construction industry accounted for 8.65%, analyses of the awareness of OHSMSs accounted for 4.81%, model-related analyses accounted for 13.46%, studies on the significance/benefits of OHSMSs accounted for 3.85%, studies on the barriers/challenges associated with OHSMSs accounted for 5.77%, analyses on the safety indicators of OHSMSs accounted for 2.88% and other types of studies accounted for 20.19%. This study further reveals that the implementation of OHSMSs is characterised by a dearth of proper communication, the non-utilisation of personal protective equipment (PPE), wrong postures and work activities, a dearth of training, physiological factors including burnout and stress, and a dearth of safety culture and orientation; in addition, matters relating to compliance with effective laws are significant safety challenges in the construction industry. However, the rationality for evaluating the benefits of OHSMSs, comprising their implementation, management and performance, as well as awareness of and barriers to OHSMSs, is challenging to authenticate because appropriate field, survey, organisational and clinical data concerning incident occurrences in the construction industry are lacking for comprehensive evaluations. Thus, this novel study presents our effort to narrow this gap by establishing a framework for increasing our understanding of the benefits of implementing OHSMSs and accident reduction.

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Incorporating internal context into the design of occupational health and safety research and intervention programmes in SMEs

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Preliminary Human Safety Assessment (PHSA) for the Improvement of the Behavioral Aspects of Safety Climate in the Construction Industry

Preliminary Human Safety Assessment (PHSA) for the Improvement of the Behavioral Aspects of Safety Climate in the Construction Industry

Fishing safely during COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: Making it happen

Benefits of Implementing Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems for the Sustainable Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

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