Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) management practices in micro- and small-sized enterprises: The case of the Portuguese waste management sector

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dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Matilde A.
dc.contributor.authorSá, Ana
dc.contributor.authorMasi, Donato
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorBoustras, Georgios
dc.contributor.authorLeka, Stavroula
dc.contributor.authorGuldenmund, Frank
dc.contributor.funderFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiaen
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Regional Development Funden
dc.contributor.funderNorth Portugal Regional Operational Programmeen
dc.contributor.funderUniversidade do Portoen
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-28T15:16:49Z
dc.date.available2023-02-28T15:16:49Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-20
dc.date.updated2023-02-28T14:39:10Z
dc.description.abstractThe waste management sector is dominated by micro and small-sized enterprises. Although it is possible to anticipate that they may face the same problems as other small firms, information about activities related to the prevention of occupational risks in this sector and how this influences Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) performance is still limited. This study aims to address the issue, contributing to current literature about the protection of employees and the prevention of occupational risks in the waste management sector. The study was conducted at 66 enterprises in Portugal. Data about OHS management practices was collected through different sources, such as questionnaires applied to employers and analysis of documents and records available at the enterprise. A summative index that assesses seven OHS performance aspects was used to characterize the enterprises regarding their OHS performance level. The results showed that micro and small-sized waste management firms display several constraints with regard to OHS management. Several enterprises still do not have organized preventive services. Additionally, OSH policies or objectives, risk assessment, training and accident recording mechanisms were found to be non-existent in several cases. The time dedicated by employers to OHS issues and the support of external advisory services was also low for some firms. A positive and statistically significant association was found between these variables and the enterprisesâ OHS performance level. Future research will focus on designing an intervention to improve OHS in the waste management sector as a whole.en
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UIDB/00319/2020; UIDB/05210/2020; Pest-UID/CEC/00027/2015); North Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE010247FEDER003446; QVida+: Estimação Contínua de Qualidade de Vida para Auxílio Eficaz à Decisão Clínica); Universidade do Porto: Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores (FCT/UID/CEC/0027/2020)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid104794en
dc.identifier.citationRodrigues, M. A., Sá, A., Masi, D., Oliveira, A., Boustras, G., Leka, S. and Guldenmund, F. (2020) 'Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) management practices in micro- and small-sized enterprises: The case of the Portuguese waste management sector', Safety Science, 129, 104794 (10pp). doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104794en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104794en
dc.identifier.endpage10en
dc.identifier.issn0925-7535
dc.identifier.journaltitleSafety Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14258
dc.identifier.volume129en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.rights© 2020, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectMicro-sized enterprisesen
dc.subjectOccupational risksen
dc.subjectOHS performanceen
dc.subjectSmall-sized enterprisesen
dc.subjectWaste management sectoren
dc.subject~Cork University Business School - Journal Articles~en
dc.titleOccupational Health & Safety (OHS) management practices in micro- and small-sized enterprises: The case of the Portuguese waste management sectoren
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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