Occupational Health and Safety Management in Polish Enterprises Implementing Total Quality Management Systems

Occupational health and safety management in polish enterprises implementing total quality management systems.

Total Quality Management (TQM) is defined as the management approach of the organization aimed at long-term success through client satisfaction, and which benefits all members of the organization and society (ISO 8402; International Organization for Standardization, 1994a). The objective of the study was to evaluate management methods applied to improve working conditions in Polish enterprises ...

Implementing Occupational Health and Safety in Small Construction Enterprises

This research is based on a benchmarking study of occupational health and safety (OHS) management practices of construction companies in Australia. It is mandatory for Australian construction firms to provide a safe working environment for their workers and sub-contractors. However, many small to medium enterprises that are not in a position of financial strength, struggle to provide adequate l...

Creation and development of occupational safety and health management systems at enterprises

The Committee on Labour of Leningrad Region and ILO Moscow have developed a new technique of assessing actual costs and losses caused by occupational accidents at enterprises. The method has been tested and approved by enterprises. As many as 11 regional enterprises took part in this project and in general 58 occupational accidents were analyzed with the help of the new technique. Before using ...

Occupational Health and Safety Management

Cost and benefits of implementing an occupational safety and health management system (OSH MS) in enterprises in Poland.

This article presents a method of assessing the economic outcome of implementing an occupational safety and health management system (OSH MS). Developed at the Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute (Poland), this method focuses on identifying the economic expenses comprising bookkeeping and alternative cost incurred to implement and improve an OSH MS. The method ...