| Document ID (ISN) | 108426 |
| CIS number |
08-804 |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSE Research Report 504
|
| Author(s) |
Antonelli A., Baker M., McMahon A., Wright M.
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Six SME case studies that demonstrate the business benefit of effective management of occupational health and safety |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 2006. vi, 45p. |
| Internet access |
http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr504.pdf [in English]
|
| Abstract |
This report describes the research undertaken to provide information on the business benefits of safety and health initiatives within six SMEs in the United Kingdom. A further part of the work was to develop case study material which can be used to persuade SMEs of the wider potential benefits of improving occupational safety and health. The key finding of the research is that whatever the original motivation, the enterprises accepted that improving occupational safety and health was integral to business risk management. They were motivated to improve aspects of safety and health because of the potential risk to the business if this was not addressed. These benefits included a mix of both tangible and intangible benefits, such as maintenance of reputation, client requirements, controlling insurance premium costs, reduction in absence rates as well as general improvements in health and safety. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
small enterprises; United Kingdom; plant safety and health organization; hazard evaluation; economic aspects |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
information dissemination; report; case study; public OSH institutions |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Risk evaluation
Economic aspects
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