Designing a prevention approach suitable for small enterprises

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)


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)


Breakdown of accidents and employees by company size for the car repair industry (2012 data)


Lack of concern for health & safety


• 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)


What incentives?Main reasons for addressing health and safety at work (ESENER)


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


Methodological elements : 6 steps approach


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


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


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


Example : Road transport programme


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”


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


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.


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

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Designing a prevention approach suitable for small enterprises

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