Occupational risk-prevention diagnosis: A study of construction SMEs in Spain

Occupational risk-prevention implementation and its integration in the management systems of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are studied in the Spanish Construction Sector, through a prospective analysis of data collected from a sample of 106 firms (SMEs) in the Autonomous Community of Castile-L...

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Autores: Segarra Cañamares, María, González García, María de las Nieves, Rodríguez Sáiz, Ángel, Villena Escribano, Blasa María, Romero Barriuso, Álvaro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/12373
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/12373
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS)
Integration of Occupational Risk-Prevention
SMEs
Construction
Case study
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Sumario:Occupational risk-prevention implementation and its integration in the management systems of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are studied in the Spanish Construction Sector, through a prospective analysis of data collected from a sample of 106 firms (SMEs) in the Autonomous Community of Castile-La Mancha (Spain). The selected sample is well suited to the economic reality of that Autonomous Community, considering the size of the population and the chosen confidence intervals and probabilities. The following data-collection techniques were used: surveys, open questions, closed questions, and dichotomous questions. Qualitative Focus-Group techniques were chosen, to contrast the information and to validate its reliability, in view of the training criteria and the hierarchical position of the interviewees working for firms with experience in the Construction Sector. Participants included risk-prevention experts from the public administrations. The results point to difficulties with the integration of Occupational Risk Prevention (ORP) in the Management Systems of SMEs in the Spanish construction sector, outside the corporate structure of the firm.