designing a prevention approach suitable for small enterprises
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USE2015: Understanding Small EnterprisesA healthy working life in a healthy business21-23 October, 2015
Designing a prevention approach suitable for small
enterprisesPatrick LAINE, INRS
INRS is a French Institute competent in the area of occupational risk prevention: protecting workers’ health and safety and preventing occupational accidents or diseases.
One of the two priority sectors is “Very small and small & medium-sized enterprises”
Designing a prevention approach suitable for small enterprises
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Designing a prevention approach suitable for small enterprises
Health and safety in MSE’s is a long-standing concernNew evolutions : 1. Public institutions become aware of the specific need of MSE’s (ie :
European Commission in its EU Strategic Framework on Health 2014-2020 : “Enhancing the capacity of micro and small enterprises to put in place effective and efficient risk prevention measures”).
2. Digital technology allows us to make the knowledge accessible to non-specialist.
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN MSE’s
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Breakdown of establishments and employees by company sizeIn France:• 98% of private companies employ fewer than 50 people (green segment) • 50% of the employees work in those companies (green segment)
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Number of establisments Number of employees0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
more than 50 employees
20 to 49 employees
10 to 19 employees
5 to 9 employees
1 to 4 employees
Breakdown of occupational accidents and employees by company size (in 2011) and frequency indices (2010)
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Breakdown of accidents and employees by company size for the car repair industry (2012 data)
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Lack of concern for health & safety
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• The owner employer feels alone– A lot of concerns but not about health & safety– A lack of competence in health & safety issues– The perception that the activity does not involve any risk
• He’s responsible for the safety of his employees
• He has to comply with the rules and regulations
Lack of concern about OSH in SMEsReasons why risk assessments are not carried out (ESENER)
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What incentives?Main reasons for addressing health and safety at work (ESENER)
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Fair system of prevention ?
Do we still want a high level of health and safety protection for all workers?
Or do we accept a different system and different level of protection for workers based on the size of the company?
INRS approach: provide support to SMEs to meet the requirement of protecting the health and safety of all worker
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Methodological elements : 6 steps approach
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1 - Know the target of the action
2 - Understand the needs
3 - Divide the target into segments
4 - Build an offer
5 - Implement the actions and communicate
6 - Assess the objectives and the actions
How to do it?No concern about OSH
– Talk about their activity => sectoral approach– Talk about their “real concerns” => economic / human resources
arguments– First concern, fulfill the legal obligation on RA => have an offer
No competences – Answer to the need for assistance
• Direct support in the workplaces => need for partners• Give them the opportunity to manage OSH on their own => need for tools
A huge number of companies– Focus on priority targets– Develop partnerships– Devote resources to promotional actions
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Choice of priority sectorsNational framework for 2014- 2017: experiment new approaches to reach MSE’s
4 priority sectors: ConstructionRoad transportCateringCar repair
» A specific action plan for each sector
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Choice of priority sectors
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Example: Road transport programme Main message:
– 90% of accidents happen when the truck is stationary– Many technical solutions are available
Partner: the sectoral professional training organisation
– Train their consultants on OSH issues– They reach a large number of small companies and can promote
H&S
Multimedia information – Link between print / web / e-tool
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Example : Road transport programme
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Short document sent to
15,000 companies, to
mobilise them
Web page with all sectoral,
technical guides
Online tool to help them to
conduct their risk assessment
OIRA : Online interactive assessment toolTo assist SMEs in their risk assessment and prevention approach
Interactive generic tool deployed by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
European Commission: “The Online interactive risk assessment tool (OiRA) developed by EU-OSHA is a major contribution to facilitating SMEs’ compliance with OSH requirements”
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OIRA : Online interactive assessment toolINRS: French OiRA partner of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
3 tools developed in cooperation with professional organisations: road transport, car repair and catering sectors
Easy-to-use software
More than 10,000 sessions opened in France
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Monitor the action with indicatorsBenefits of the Web => it provides data : number of new sessions
in OiRA tools
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Monitor the action with indicatorsExample: OiRA catering
– Online since January 2014– 27 risk situations identified– 60 prevention measures proposed– 5,900 sessions opened– 75% of users didn’t have a risk assessment document previously– 98% of users are in companies with fewer than 20 employees– 95% say that the tool met their needs and would recommend it.
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Main results (mid-period)Our prevention vision is now shared with partners (sectoral professional organisation)
The different print supports produced are adapted to the target
The arguments we used (ie : absenteeism rate, over cost, lose time) , in relation to the needs we identified during the 6 steps approach, are relevant
Online risk assessment tool like “OiRA” is recommended by the users.
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Patrick LAINE,
Attached to management of INRS headquarters
INRS, Paris